Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) Drew Barrymore Steve Zahn Brittany Murphy James Woods Rosie Perez

Born in 1950, Beverly Donofrio (Barrymore) grew up bright and ambitious in a workingclass neighborhood in Connecticut; her father Leonard (Woods) was a tough but goodhearted cop who listened to his daughter s problems, and her mother Teresa (Lorraine Bracco) was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray Hasek (Zahn), a sweet but thickheaded 18yearold, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult