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2009

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A suburban London teen finds her traditional education replaced by something slightly more sinister when an older, more worldly suitor sweeps her off of her feet while placing her future in jeopardy. London, 1961: 16-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is smart, attractive, and eager to start her adult life. She's grown tired of .. Read more

Starring	Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike
Director	Lone Scherfig
Genres	Drama

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  - 4
  Surprisingly excellent! Shame about the title of the movie!
  
  If you're craving to watch a movie of substances with a superb storyline and excellent actors, then you need to watch this movie.While the movie title is ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Oct 2009 at 23:12
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  Odd and a little creepy
  
  Found this a bit slow and slightly creepy to honest. Totally not my cup of tea. Has a definate feel of an older man 'grooming' a school girl. Wasn't... read more »
  
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- - Sazafraz
  - 12 reviews
  - 17 May 2012 at 19:54
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  Wow, this story has been done so many times before
  
  The two leads in this film make it watchable, they are both excellent choices, but it is nevertheless entirely unremarkable. Schoolgirl turns her back on her ... read more »
  
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- - DrCee
  - 6 reviews
  - 07 May 2012 at 20:34
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  5 out of 5
  
  This film is absolutely brilliant. Molina is on top form, Mulligan is just made for this part. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. It is funny too ... read more »
  
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- - Barney7
  - 3 reviews
  - 01 May 2012 at 20:02
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  Why you should watch An Education
  
  This is one of the best films I've seen for a long time. It's very British, understated and realistic.
  
  Excellent performances by the lead ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Apr 2012 at 19:31
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  Peter Sarsgaard is Welcome to Teach Me Anything.
  
  At first I thought this is so wrong, an adult man David played by Peter Sarsgaard going after a school girl Jenny played by Carey Mulligan. But just like his ... read more »
  
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- - ShoutOut
  - 136 reviews
  - 28 Mar 2012 at 23:56
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  Not a bad little effort.
  
  Well acted with a clever story line, but a bit slow in parts though. Not sure at all about the title of the film though.
  
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- - JeffMancs
  - 2 reviews
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 23:00
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  Depends what you're after
  
  I enjoyed it but it depends what you want from a film. If you're a high-octane thrill-seeker this ain't going to cut the old moutarde. If you like to be... read more »
  
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  - 09 Feb 2012 at 20:42
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  Brilliant, watch it
  
  Excellent film and definately worth a viewing.
  
  Superb storyline and excellent acting. I think it should be a part of the cirriculum in schools. Set ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Jan 2012 at 20:43
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  bad film
  
  horrendous, boring, bland, pointless, pony, dogger, annoying, not life affirming, worse than the time travellers wife, ruined sunday evening, bad.
  
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  - 15 Jan 2012 at 23:23
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  "A Yawn" would be a better title
  
  It started off with promise, but quickly slowed and died.
  
  Sometimes eloquence is unnecessary and one word is all it takes to sum it up: yawn.
  
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- - shaunism
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  - 4
  Surprisingly excellent! Shame about the title of the movie!
  
  If you're craving to watch a movie of substances with a superb storyline and excellent actors, then you need to watch this movie.While the movie title is ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Oct 2009 at 23:12
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  An Education
  
  The performances of the leads and the portrayal of the 1960s in suburbia were great but overall this film was too predictable and therefore a disappointment.
  
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  - Southampton
  - 01 Nov 2009 at 10:56
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  A class act
  
  An Education is all about class - the deeply entrenched class structure of 1950s Britain as it gave way into the freer, more open 'Swinging 60s'.
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  - 02 Nov 2009 at 23:40
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  The most over-rated film of the year
  
  After all the hype this was a huge disappointment. Nothing about the plot or the characters rings true. A good effort by Carey Mulligan to make something of ... read more »
  
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- - Grabuck
  - 12 reviews
  - Hertford
  - 11 Mar 2010 at 22:53
- - 10
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  A coming of age story
  
  Based on reviews I saw this film knowing that it was a coming of age film with good strong performances. Alfred Molina was particularly good as Jenny's ... read more »
  
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- - Cathy
  - Uckfield
  - 07 Nov 2009 at 08:37
- - 7
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  Charming little film
  
  This was a great Saturday film - no thrills but some great performances and overall very easy going and enjoyable. Carrie Mulligan pulls off a great performance... read more »
  
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- - ninka
  - 45 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Jan 2010 at 16:46
- - 7
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  Brilliantly executed
  
  Adapted from a single chapter of Lynn Barber’s beautiful 2009 autobiography, An Education is a touching account of a girl growing up whilst the swinging ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 21 Apr 2010 at 12:32
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  Perverted. Only for the Arty Farty crowd.
  
  Rubbish. She is 16, he's a con artist in his late 30's so lets assume he is a pervert. This is what they did before the internet to meet young girls. ... read more »
  
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  - bh1
  - 13 Jun 2010 at 22:18
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  " What awful people!!"
  
  A very well made film entirely peopled by perfectly awful characters. This is a profoundly irritating little film which simply REEKS of British SNOBBERY. ... read more »
  
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- - mcgeordie
  - 14 reviews
  - Banff
  - 19 May 2010 at 10:16
- - 4
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  An Education
  
  What a gem! A perfect period piece, wonderfully acted. The story rings true for any girl growing up in the early 1960's. Mulligan was BRILLIANT. I also ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Mar 2010 at 20:04

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- Carey Mulligan's breakthrough role as Jenny has her tipped for Oscar success... read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
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- Although we are talking age old themes here - first love, dodgy geezers, questions of class - the material is spectacularly well handled
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- - Eye For Film
  - 09 Dec 2009 at 01:10
- Read an interview with Scherfig hereThis is âFish Tankâ for the suburbs: semis, not slums; safe, not sorry.... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
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  - 01 Oct 2009 at 05:56

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  It's 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny is poised on the brink of womanhood. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin. One rainy day, her suburban life is upended by the arrival of an unsuitable suitor, 30- ish David. Urbane and ...

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  A suburban London teen finds her traditional education replaced by something slightly more sinister when an older, more worldly suitor sweeps her off of her feet while placing her future in jeopardy. London, 1961: 16-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is smart, attractive, and eager to start her adult ...