In what ways are both movies about grace: gifts unearned by the recipient? These two movies are Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy. 

According to Wikipedia “Tender Mercies is a 1983 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Horton Foote. It stars Robert Duvall as singer-songwriter Mac Sledge, a former country music star whose career and relationship with his ex-wife and daughter were wrecked by alcoholism. Recovering from his affliction, Sledge seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas.” 

Driving Miss Daisy, according to Google, “Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, is determined to maintain her independence. However, when she crashes her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), arranges for her to have a chauffeur, an African-American driver named Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman). Daisy and Hoke’s relationship gets off to a rocky start, but they gradually form a close friendship over the years, one that transcends racial prejudices and social conventions.”

I Tender Mercies, Mac was shown grace by Rosa the widow. She gives him money, even though he is not very trustworthy. In Driving Miss Daisy, many people show Daisy grace. She is an old grouchy woman, but everyone is nice to her and puts up with her until years later whenever she finally becomes nice to everyone. 

In both these movies, the recipients do not deserve the grace that they are being given. Mac doesn’t deserve the money and Daisy does not deserve to be put up with for so many years. Nobody cares though. They give grace and love those who need it.