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An Education

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Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
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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.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 09/18/2023
Adapted by Nick Hornby from a memoir by Lynn Barber, this is an enjoyably bracing portrait of a romantic misadventure. Go to Full Review Deborah Ross The Spectator 08/30/2018
This is a nostalgically elegant, comically restrained, cleverly scripted film which, in parts, is also extremely moving. Go to Full Review Kate Stables Sight & Sound 07/06/2018
One of the chief pleasures of Lone Scherfig's crisply confident and charmingly comic coming-of-age drama is in seeing a teenage girl kick against the pricks for a change. Go to Full Review Kenneth R. Morefield 1More Film Blog Feb 2
4/5
It is important to me in valuing the film that Jenny learn something from her education and not simply be brought low by it. I think she has. Go to Full Review Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Jan 7
4/4
What is the value of cautionary tales without real-world experience? An Education offers an intriguing view of a young woman who gets a lesson she won’t soon forget. Go to Full Review Sara Clements Next Best Picture 05/01/2025
8/10
“An Education” captures the ache of first love but also the sting of first betrayal. It’s about the things unsaid, the dangers of what’s hidden, and the kind of learning no classroom can prepare you for. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Francisco S @FranciscoSerrano73 03/16/2025 Perfect for a sunday nap. See more Shahrzad M @RT31448216 11/30/2024 This is a great educational movie. check our website to see our edcational services: https://filinko.ir/ See more Simon G @simon118 10/05/2024 This is absolute garbage, stupid, crude, pointless and dumb. I am not often motivated to write a review but this film moved me. It is so primitive and silly that you kind of keep waiting for the real story to begin. Characters are crude and the story is grotesquely primitive and even at that it does not make sense. It is full of caricatures with no self-awareness. You just feel dumber for watching it. I wish I could unsee this garbage. See more Faiz D @RT95588871 08/29/2024 Outstanding performance by Carey Mulligan. See more Gertrude F @RT21740944 01/31/2024 Heartwarming, then disturbing. An excellent exploration of a young girls desires, love, manipulation, and loss of ones self in the face of all this. Carey Mulligan is brilliant, along with the rest of the cast. I didn't know what to feel by the end of it. There's no sugarcoating or dramatising, which is why it works so well. See more David W @RT91245001 01/15/2024 An Education features an exceptionally talented cast, a realistically disturbing premise, and a well-delivered storyline. Carey Mulligan delivers a breakthrough performance while Rosamund Pike is characteristically transcending in her supporting role. I would absolutely watch this again. See more Read all reviews
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Lone Scherfig

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Peter Sarsgaard

David

Carey Mulligan

Jenny

Alfred Molina

Jack

Dominic Cooper

Danny

Rosamund Pike

Helen

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Synopsis Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
Director
Lone Scherfig
Producer
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
BBC
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Mature Thematic Material|Smoking)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 9, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.6M
Runtime
1h 40m
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