Drive

Drive

Rating 6.5 out of 10

I have found myself becoming a fan of Ryan Gosling.  He was very good in Crazy, Stupid,
Love and is good here.  This is not a big budget shoot 'em up as the trailer would lead you to believe.
This is more of a lower budget thinking movie where the characters don't really talk that much.

It was my friend Jim's birthday and I was taking him to a movie.  We took a test and our testosterone
levels were way too high to see The Help so Drive it was.

Gosling plays a young man working in an auto repair shop with some movie stunt driving on the side.
To pick up some extra bucks on the side he drives the getaway car on heists.  He is very good at
driving and has nerves of steel.  He meets the cute neighbor lady and her young son.  Starts having
feelings for them about the time her ex-husband returns from jail. Trying to help he gets mixed up
in a bad situation.

As I said this is a bit of a slow paced movie considering it's named Drive.  There is surprisingly little
Driving in the movie.  There is some good action scenes and a few gory fight scenes.  The supporting
cast is very good with Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, the lovely Christina Hendricks and the always
good Ron Perlman.  For me a down side was Carey Mulligan playing the cute neighbor.  I just don't
care for her.  She is too mousey looking and not a very good actress.

If you like a movie that slowly simmers to a boil this is one for you.  I liked it.