Driving Miss Daisy of $145,793,296. The film was released in the United Kingdom on February 23, 1990. "Driving Miss Daisy" was well received by critics, with particular emphasis on Morgan Freeman's and Jessica Tandy's performances. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 82% based on reviews from 60 critics, with an average score of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Warm and smartly paced, and boasting impeccable performances from Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy." On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 81 based on 17
The Saint (1997 film) film of "The Saint" started with the powerhouse above-the-line team of Robert Evans as producer, Steven Zaillian as writer and Sydney Pollack as director. Ralph Fiennes—hot from "Schindler's List" and "Quiz Show"—was offered $1 million for the lead, but eventually passed. In a 1994 interview for "Premiere" magazine, Fiennes said the screenplay—racing fast cars, breaking into Swiss banks—was nothing he hadn't seen before. Robert Evans left the project—although, contractually, his name remains on the final film's credits—and David Brown ("Jaws", "Driving Miss Daisy") took over. A new story was commissioned from Jonathan Hensleigh ("Die Hard with a Vengeance"), which cast