Driveways isn't simply one of the late Brian Dennehy's final performances-it's also one of his finest.

| Jan 27, 2021

What resonates is the movie's understanding of how we come and go through life, of how a house becomes a home, of how even the smallest acts of kindness can open doors that never quite close.

| Jun 5, 2020

The three lead actors carry the movie and do the heavy dramatic lifting gracefully; their sheer presence reaches far beyond the confines of the story.

| May 26, 2020

"For a movie about isolation and the risk of reaching out, it's a generous example of how nourishing a sense of connection really is."

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2020

This is one of those quiet gems where we get dropped into the lives of a handful of characters at what turns out to be a crucial turning point in all their lives.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2020

This is such a lovely, delicate, and quietly moving film.

| May 12, 2020

A movie that's impressively, if not stubbornly understated, where life stories come from select bits of precise dialogue, with lovingly rendered characters put into a collection of scenes that simply allow us to live with them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 9, 2020

There can be a very fine line between a movie that is delicate and understated and a movie that is lazy and undernourished. Ahn is slowly perfecting the former.

| May 8, 2020

This is one of those quiet gems where we get dropped into the lives of a handful of characters at what turns out to be a crucial turning point in all their lives.

| May 8, 2020

A gentle, almost willfully recessive story about love and loss and all the ways that people find to share the burden of them both, one unhurried day at a time.

| Original Score: B | May 8, 2020

"Driveways" is the best kind of slice-of-life movie, reminding us all that big stories come out of little things, and that all of our journeys have value, even if we spend years at a time just getting by.

| May 8, 2020

Driveways is surprising at every turn.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 7, 2020

By the end of "Driveways" the feelings of the characters spill over into your own experience of watching a small, very quiet, very powerful 83-minute short story of a movie.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 7, 2020

Its performances are among the most affecting I've seen in quite a while.

| May 7, 2020

[Dennehy's] performance as a widowed veteran is right up there with his finest screen work, which makes his passing all the sadder.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 7, 2020

Some might find it dull. Others may notice a simple decency to this story and these people that somehow eludes sentimentality and that, with the aid of Jay Wadley's evocative score, has a cumulative power that can be intensely moving.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 7, 2020

"Driveways," a movie that's poignant now for reasons we doubtless wish it weren't, shows us how unlikely people can come together under imperfect circumstances and fit together perfectly.

| May 7, 2020

The film's devotion to the belief that kindness can be a balm for almost any hurt is deeply moving.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 3, 2020

There's no drama or even melodrama here. Instead, this is just a small and very human piece, anchored around small and very human moments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 30, 2020

A sweet, understated masterpiece, simply told, of human connection.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 30, 2020