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Riding in Cars with Boys

She did everything wrong, but got everything right.

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.

20012h 11mPG-13Drama, Comedy

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About Riding in Cars with Boys

Directors
Penny Marshall
Cast
Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine Bracco
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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