... attempts to impress audiences with its worldliness, but it comes off instead as an awkward, unformed teen fantasy run amok.
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An Education (2009)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:159
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7.8/10
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.
Theatrical Release: Oct 9, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $12.5M
Synopsis: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. [More]
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike
Director: Lone Scherfig
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REVIEWS FOR AN EDUCATION
A star turn by Carey Mulligan playing a 16-year-old who gets charmed (and, uh, educated) by a suspiciously alluring older man, the excellent Peter Sarsgaard.
Mar 31, 2010
Trite, whitewashed, simplistic, and sexless.
Mar 6, 2010
An unusually nuanced and mature depiction of one of those hoary movie fantasies: the older man who gets the much, much younger woman.
Feb 27, 2010
Played with great wit and depth by the 24-year-old British actress Carey Mulligan.
Feb 16, 2010
Odds have it, as of this writing, that the Best Actress Oscar race will probably come down to Meryl Streep versus Sandra Bullock, but neither of them carries their respective movie quite as ably as Mulligan does here.
Feb 2, 2010
An Education showcases several fine performances in this story about the dangers of youthful cleverness.
Jan 31, 2010
It's not a perfect movie, but it is an enjoyable one.
Jan 12, 2010
[Mulligan] brightens what could be considered a common lesson in youth vs. maturity, and makes it one worth sharing.
Jan 10, 2010
Carey Mulligan deserves serious Oscar consideration for her work in An Education.
Dec 20, 2009
It was hard to watch Jenny fall so easily to chaotic neutral David, but it was deliriously romantic as well. He wears down our resistance and we fall for him too.
Dec 18, 2009
As a fan of the great kitchen-sink dramas and British coming-of-age films of the 1960s, I loved this throwback to that glorious time in British filmmaking.
Dec 18, 2009
The film's greatest strength may well be how Sarsgaard's David, in concert with Hornby and Scherfig, seduces the audience along with Jenny, promising the world and leaving temptingly unlocked a Pandora's Box of social ambiguity.
Dec 18, 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.
Dec 15, 2009
Top CriticIn a film marked by strong performances Carey Mulligan is a show-stealer, with a career-making performance that relies as much on charm as on acting ability.
Dec 11, 2009
full review at Movies for the Masses
Dec 10, 2009
Here, you see a family collectively come to appreciate the strength of a heart scarred over and the blossoming of a woman (and actress Carey Mulligan) who learns that pie-in-the-sky predictions for a future can sock even the most sensible among us.
Dec 3, 2009
Scherfig transmits lessons of morality and irony in a well cast and produced ensemble piece.
Dec 3, 2009
The screenplay by author Nick Hornby is exceptional: Witty, observant and wise.
Dec 1, 2009
An Education soulève plusieurs questions pertinentes sur les rudiments de la vie et de l'amour, sans toutefois réussir à répondre à chacune d'entre elles.
Nov 29, 2009
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