Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 | 132 minutes | 6.8 ★ (440)

Riding in Cars with Boys
  • Overview

    In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

  • Release Date

    19 October 2001

  • DirectingPenny Marshall
  • Budget

    $48,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $35,700,000.00

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