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  • An Education
  • Opened October 9, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 40 min.
  • PG-13
    mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper
  • Director: Lone Scherfig
  • Genres: Period Film, Drama, Coming-of-Age

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  • Emma Thompson as Headmistress, Ellie Kendrick as Tina, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes as Hattie and Carey Mulligan as Jenny in "An Education."
  • Dominic Cooper as Danny in "An Education."
  • Carey Mulligan as Jenny in "An Education."
  • Director Lone Scherfig on the set of "An Education."
  • Carey Mulligan as Jenny in "An Education."
  • Emma Thompson as Headmistress in "An Education."
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An Education Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    A movie that depends on writing and talent.

    by birac

    No gimmicks here,just a freshly discreet coming of age tale.Mulligan and Molina are not to be missed. Took mom and gf as an apology for missing an earlier dinner with them. Was planning on sleeping! Did not happen. An Education is a film we can all learn from,and takes me back to when my mom made me watch old movies with her and you had to actually pay attention and there was a real story. Both women totally related to the girl's emotions and dreams and attitudes. Do go. Definitely worth the money for serious filmgoers

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    An Education - My review

    by Cincinnati_guy

    In a nutshell - a very pleasant surprise ! Carey Mulligan is outstanding and most definitely worth seeing. A sophisticated coming-of-age movie about a very intelligent, mature beyond her years 17 year old high school girl set in a London suburb in 1961. The only child of a well intentioned but borderline abusive parents who are forcing her on a track to Oxford essentially to find a husband. Fortunately Jenny has too much intelligence and spunk to take this unthinking direction without comments. And comment she does - the best scene being with Emma Thompson, the domineering headmistress who cannot answer Jenny's simple question of Why go to Oxford ? It 's a great scene.

    Jenny meets an older man who is the spark to the bonfire within Jenny just waiting to explode onto the world at large and Paris in particular. Overall a great movie, well acted and definitely worth seeing.

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    An Education

    by 102586

    Not to be confused with the chick flick genre, yet it is a movie for young women and adolescent girls. The message, strong and clear that female intellectual talent and individualism is a virtue, is not seen typically seen in films today. This film is worthy of a Joan Crawford or Katherine Hepburn. Never dumbed down, rather, I want to see it again to catch the artistic references I only glimpsed. Show this to all 8th grade classrooms.

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  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This happens in 1961, when 16-year-old girls were a great deal less knowing...

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Afterward, you'll want to listen to the Beatles sing ''She's Leaving Home.'' It...

  • 90
    The Hollywood Reporter | James Greenberg

    Topped by a fine cast, a first-rate script by Nick Hornby and tight direction...

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