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Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

Oct 19, 2001
132 min
ComedyDramaRomance
6.7/ 10
458 votes

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.

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TMDB
6.7/10
458 votes
IMDB
6.5/10
31,392 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
48%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
43/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$48,000,000Production cost
Box Office$35,700,000Worldwide gross
Profit-$12,300,000Loss
ROI
-25.6%Return on investment
US Box Office$30,165,536Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 wins & 2 nominations total

Details

Production information

"She did everything wrong, but got everything right."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$48,000,000

Revenue

$35,700,000

Production Companies

Gracie FilmsColumbia PicturesParkway Productions

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