Driveways

Following her sister’s death, Kathy goes on a trip with Cody, her shy and introverted eight-year old son, to deal with the house she inherited and wants to sell. While Kathy slowly realizes how little she knew about her sister, from whom she was estranged a long time ago, Cody develops an improbable friendship with Del (Brian Dennehy, in one of his final roles), a widowed Korean War veteran who lives next door. With the help of some notable performances, Driveways is a miracle of subtlety; a film about loneliness and difference, and the faith in goodness as a balsam for any kind of pain.