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
Oscar Whisky the winner Cead du Berlais. Oscar Whisky was then brought back in distance to contest the Grade I Tingle Creek Trophy at Sandown on 6 December. Ridden as usual by Geraghty, he was towards the rear of the ten runner field when falling at the sixth fence. Although the horse got up to his feet after the fall he had sustained a serious hind leg injury and was euthanised shortly afterwards. Geraghty paid tribute to the horse saying "He was a warrior. He was so brave, reliable and honest, and he'd never miss a day". Oscar Whisky Oscar Whisky (10