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An Education (2009)

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Reviews Counted:145

Fresh:136

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: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 9, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $3,218,225

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... 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 meeting an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) leads Jenny to believe that she can learn things outside the classroom, casting doubt on her future plans. Directed by ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS’ Lone Scherfig, AN EDUCATION also stars Alfred Molina, Rosamunde Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, and Emma Thompson. [More]

Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike

Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Matthew Beard, Sally Hawkins

Director: Lone Scherfig

Director: Lone Scherfig
Screenwriter: Nick Hornby
Producer: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Composer: Paul Englishby
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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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.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
11/21/09
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com

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.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
11/21/09
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

This cinematic gem is an ironclad lock to be nominated for best picture of the year.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
11/21/09
Keith Cohen
Keith Cohen
Entertainment Spectrum

The message proves surprisingly conventional, but its delivery is entirely pleasurable.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
11/20/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A handsomely crafted and beautifully acted awakening story that's predictable but consistently rewarding.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
11/20/09
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly

...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.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
11/20/09
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
11/19/09
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

If the story of Jenny's inevitably hard lesson is standard, An Education comes up with a few moments that give pause.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
11/19/09
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

A good deal of this works because of Mulligan, who deserves every accolade and Audrey Hepburn comparison she's received for her performance.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
11/18/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Carrey Mulligan gives an astounding, Oscar-caliber performance in this touching, poignant, and precise coming-of-age tale of a young British girl who falls for an older Jewish guy, set against London in the pre-swinging era.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
11/13/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

...a complex and morally ambiguous story which rewards the audience's attention without resorting to pushing their buttons.

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
11/13/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

Everything about Scherfig’s coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/13/09
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
11/11/09
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mulligan locates both the braininess and restless hormonal energy of an adolescent who's blooming before most of her peers. Bearing witness to her education, in all its naiveté, brashness, passion and pain, is illuminating.

Full Review Source: Shared Darkness | comment Comment
11/08/09
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Shared Darkness

An Education offers plenty to enjoy and admire. It’s full of first-rate performances.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
11/06/09
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

This film is carried on the slender shoulders of Mulligan, a 22-year-old actress who captures both the child and the woman, creating an indelible performance we can't easily forget.

Full Review Source: Indie Movies Online | comment Comment
11/06/09
Kimberly Gadette
Kimberly Gadette
Indie Movies Online

A love story that simultaneously left me speechless and with a mouth full of words. Mulligan's performance is the best I have seen from an actress in 2009.

Full Review Source: BDK Reviews | comment Comment
11/06/09
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
BDK Reviews

Danish director Lone Scherfig seems at home in Britain and the details of clothes, haircuts and so on are dead right.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
11/06/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

A beguiling little film that, with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/05/09
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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It’s truly a magnificent coming-out.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
11/05/09
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian
 
 
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