Driving Ms.Daisy is one of the most celebrated widely recognized films of all time and it has garnered numerous accolades including Best Picture and Best Actress for Jessica Tandy who played Daisy. This film has been known as a classic and has been still widely watched and is regularly played on TV still. This movie was also the most recent PG rated movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
The movie follows an old wealthy woman named Daisy drives her car into her neighbors yard her son Boolie hires a driver named Hoke to drive Daisy around. At first Daisy is not thrilled with this and at first refuses to accept the fact that she can't drive anymore. She is very stubborn when meeting Hoke for the first time and criticizes him in many ways at first for trying to be helpful and she doesn't accept his help even when he offers it. One day she needs to go to the local Piggly Wiggly for some groceries and she finally accepts his help. The two begin to get along and Ms.Daisy even helps Hoke to learn to read and write properly as she was a former teacher in her former years.
The movie tackles a variety of different subjects along the lines of prejudice as this movie takes place at a time when African-Americans were still separate but equal and this affects both Hoke and Daisy. Daisy comes to discover prejudice when her synagogue is bombed and starts to understand Hoke much more and she realizes that she was a victim like he was during this time which was during the Civil Rights period in the US. She ends up inviting him to a dinner where Martin Luther King Jr was speaking however he ends up not going as she does not invite him inside to the event.
Over the years they have become closer and closer especially after the death of Daisy's maid and help Idella. She describes Hoke at one point as her best friend and he helps her out in later years especially since she has started to have signs of dementia and later he has issues with his vision and does not drive later and she moves into a retirement home.
This movie really is a timepiece and expresses the time period that this movie takes place. This is really present with the prejudice touched on earlier especially when Hoke is pulled over on the side of the road by a Sheriff in the south because he is an African-American. This movie also explores the changes that have occurred in this time period especially with people like Miss Daisy overcoming their views of African-Americans and changing their opinions. This movie is a real progression of society and shows the change. Overall, this movie is a classic and a real statement of the time.
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