Nick Hornby's screenplay lays out the progress of their relationship, up to the point where David proposes marriage, with great economy and wit.
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10/30/09
An Education (2009)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:141
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Though the latter part of the film may not appeal to all, An Education is a charming coming-of-age tale powered by the strength of relative newcomer Carey Mulligan's standout performance.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:30-10-2009
Synopsis: Author Nick Hornby turns from novels to screenplays with this talent-driven drama. Carey Mulligan (BLEAK HOUSE) stars as Jenny, a young woman full of promise and intent to study at Oxford. But... [More]
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike
Director: Lone Scherfig
Reviews for An Education
The skill of it is in allowing you to see not only how a girl’s sense of herself might be hanging in the balance, but to feel how the values of an era can be drama personified.
10/30/09
In An Education a star is born. Carey Mulligan is simply beguiling. She has the wit and intelligence of a young Emma Thompson, the dazzle of Julie Christie, the fairytale enchantment of Audrey Hepburn.
10/30/09
Carey Mulligan is sensational.
10/30/09
Scherfig wrangles everyone into beautifully natural characterisations that make the most of film's somewhat slight approach.
10/30/09
Destined to be remembered as "the first film you saw Carey Mulligan in". Cos she's ruddy wonderful. And delivers one of those rare performances that can't really be faulted. Bafta glory, in some shape or form, is all but guaranteed.
10/30/09
The sort of picture that's so effortlessly entertaining that its easy to praise it purely for its superb performances.
10/30/09
The 60s period detail is spot on, the script super-knowing. A wonderful surprise of a movie.
10/29/09
Mulligan completely owns "An Education," giving one of the most self-assured breakout performances in years. And the best thing is that the movie, an elegant and sharply observed coming-of-age story, measures up to her performance.
11/25/09
This is sort of a modern costume drama. It is a lot like a Jane Austen story.
11/24/09
In what is her first but certainly not last starring role, Mulligan is so natural that you wonder why it took filmmakers so long to give her a role this substantive. The 20-something is sure to be on the mind of Oscar and other awards voters.
11/24/09
"An Education" is worth seeing, mostly for its superb period detail and the strong performance at its center.
11/22/09
The centerpiece of An Education is the breakout performance of young Carey Mulligan. She is enchanting, and almost convincing as the teenage Jenny, though she can't completely obscure the (justified) suspicion that she's in her twenties and old enough f
11/22/09
Scherfig and Hornby have a winningly droll sense of humor, but the main reason to see An Education is because they treat viewers as if they were as intelligent as Jenny.
11/21/09
Coming-of-age movies are a dime-a-dozen, but one as exemplary as An Education deserves nothing less than the opportunity to command top dollar on the open market.
11/21/09
This cinematic gem is an ironclad lock to be nominated for best picture of the year.
11/21/09
The message proves surprisingly conventional, but its delivery is entirely pleasurable.
11/20/09
A handsomely crafted and beautifully acted awakening story that's predictable but consistently rewarding.
11/20/09
...about the British preoccupation with status, about the aspirant bourgeois and the outliers who exist beyond convention, in a moveable feast of booze, sex and petty criminality.
11/20/09
Mulligan perfectly balances on the line of girlhood and womanhood, shifting naturally from schoolgirl innocence to Audrey Hepburn-like sophistication just by putting up her hair.
11/19/09
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