The film stars Line Renaud as Madeleine, an elderly Parisian woman, who is moving into a nursing home; en route, she asks taxi driver Charles (Dany Boon) to detour to various locations around the city that have meant something to her in her life.
The film premiered on 23 August 2022 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.[4] It was also screened as a special presentation at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] before going into commercial release on 21 September. The film was released theatrically in the United States on 12 January 2024 by Cohen Media Group.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 49 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Fueled by the sparkling chemistry between Line Renaud and Dany Boon, Driving Madeleine proves a sweetly sentimental drama that deftly tugs the heartstrings."[6]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[7]
^"【日本アカデミー賞】『ゴジラ-1.0』最優秀作品賞含む最多8冠【受賞者・作品一覧】" [[Japan Academy Prize] Godzilla Minus One Won a Total of 8 Awards, Including Best Picture [List of Award Winners and Works]]. Oricon News (in Japanese). 8 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
