Riding in Cars with Boys

~She did everything wrong, but got everything right.

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 2001-10-19
Budget: $48000000
Revenue: $35700000
Runtime: 131 min

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