An Education
The movie revolves around bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny, in 1960s suburban London, and how her life is upended by the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age, unsuitable suitor, 30- ish David.
25 March 1989, London, England, UK
15 April 1959, Paddington, London, England, UK
1986, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
27 January 1988, London, England, UK
2 June 1978, Greenwich, London, England, UK
30 November 1994, London, England, UK
26 July 1968, Camden Town, London, England, UK
January 26, 2014
Carey Mulligan announces herself as a major name to watch.
May 25, 2012
'An Education' is an knowing, affectionate portrait of a man who was surely the best and worst thing that ever happened to a girl who probably should have known better.
November 11, 2009
The combination of a literate script, an adroit cast and an economical style is simple addition that achieves an alchemical feat: the best film of the year.
October 27, 2010
You could do a lot worse than spend 100 minutes with Ms. Mulligan. Movie fans, I give you a woman worth educating yourself on.
November 05, 2009
The movie belongs to Mulligan, whose Jenny looks like Audrey Hepburn when she puts her hair up and dons a black dress, and like every teenage girl who's had her heart broken when she cries.
November 22, 2009
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
November 05, 2009
An Education argues that life -- and the human heart -- are far too complicated merely to be studied. They need to be experienced.
November 05, 2009
A beguiling little film that, with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions.
August 02, 2012
An Education deserves high marks. You could argue that the central relationship ought to seem sleazier, but Danish director Lone Scherfig perfectly captures the era's look and mood, Hornby's Oscar-nominated script is deft and the performances are spot on
December 15, 2009
You may think you know where the film is going, but its ecstasy and heartbreak will stick with you afterward. It's one of the year's best.
April 04, 2011
Nick Hornby's screenplay is funny and sweet and 1000 percent English in that catnip-to-American-audiences way he's so good at already.
