Driving Miss Daisy and violent people deny their humanity and ours, what a lesson to see a film that looks into the heart." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" also gave the film a positive review, calling Tandy's performance "glorious" and opining, "This is Tandy's finest two hours onscreen in a film career that goes back to 1932." The performances of Tandy and Freeman were also praised by Vincent Canby of "The New York Times", who observed, "The two actors manage to be highly theatrical without breaking out of the realistic frame of the film." "Driving Miss Daisy" also achieved the following distinctions at
Jessica Robinson (performer) version of "Stars in Their Eyes" where she performed as the Australian actress/singer Natalie Imbruglia. Jessica took part in heat two which also featured the eventual series winner, 9 year old Christopher Napier, performing as George Formby, and the 2008 Miss Dance of Great Britain competition. Robinson took part in "Over the Rainbow", a BBC talent-search looking for an actress/singer to play Dorothy Gale in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of "The Wizard of Oz". She advanced to the sixth week, whereupon she was voted off following a sing-off against Danielle Hope, the show's eventual winner. Following her being voted off