Gene Siskel of the '' Chicago Tribune '' declared '' Driving Miss Daisy '' one of the best films of 1989 . Roger Ebert of the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' called it " a film of great love and patience " and wrote , " It is an immensely subtle film , in which hardly any of the most important information is carried in the dialogue and in which body language , tone of voice or the look in an eye can be the most important thing in a scene . After so many movies in which shallow and violent people deny their humanity and ours , what a lesson to see a film that looks into the heart . " Peter Travers of '' Rolling Stone '' also gave the film a positive review , calling Tandy 's performance " glorious " and opining , " This is Tandy 's finest two hours onscreen in a film career that goes back to 1932 . " The performances of Tandy and Freeman were also praised by Vincent Canby of '' The New York Times '' , who observed , " The two actors manage to be highly theatrical without breaking out of the realistic frame of the film . " '' Driving Miss Daisy '' also achieved the following distinctions at the 62nd Academy Awards : '' Driving Miss Daisy '' also won three Golden Globe Awards ( Best Picture , Best Actor Morgan Freeman , and Best Actress Jessica Tandy ) in the Comedy/Musical categories . At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards , the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category . Rounding out its United States awards , the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures . '' Driving Miss Daisy '' was the first ever film to received the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture . In the United Kingdom , '' Driving Miss Daisy '' was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards , with Tandy winning in the Best Actress category . Tandy and Freeman won the Silver Bear for the Best Joint Performance at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
Driving Miss Daisy