Bruce Beresford from the play by Beth Henley, did a segment of the film "Aria" (1987), and did the comedy thriller "Her Alibi" (1989) with Tom Selleck. Beresford directed "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, from a play by Alfred Uhry. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, although Beresford was not nominated as director. The film was a commercial and critical success. Asked if he minded not even being nominated for the Best Director Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy", Beresford said: "No, not at all. I didn't think it was that well directed. It was very
Driving Lessons redheadedly adorable to the end." Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" rated the film three out of five stars and commented, "The movie looks like a lot of other things: "Driving Miss Daisy", "Harold and Maude", "Billy Elliot", "Acorn Antiques". It doesn't quite develop its own identity. And it's somehow inevitable that Dame Evie's hilarious swearing and opinionating fade away as sentimentality takes over. But it's a great turn from Julie Walters, and a likable film." The film earned $239,962 in the US and $990,633 in other markets for a total worldwide box office of $1,230,595. At the 28th Moscow International