Driving Miss Daisy unfolds at a leisurely pace, with great attention to period detail and character-aging makeup effects….It’s occasionally quite funny, and relentlessly good-hearted. — Bill Cosford

The play transformed into an earnest high-minded Hollywood film smacks of liberal sensibilities and never goes past self-congratulating itself on being so tolerant (…). Freeman is the soul of the film and the only real southerner cast, who is a joy to watch as he uses his wits to great advantage (…). It’s a bland but decent film that I liked without loving it. — Dennis Schwartz