An Education
The movie revolves around bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny, in 1960s suburban London, and how her life is upended by the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age, unsuitable suitor, 30- ish David.
26 July 1968, Camden Town, London, England, UK
15 April 1959, Paddington, London, England, UK
6 June 1990, Greenwich, London, England, UK
25 March 1989, London, England, UK
1986, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
28 May 1985, Westminster, London, England, UK
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
7 March 1971, Belleville, Illinois, USA
27 January 1988, London, England, UK
27 January 1979, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
5 January 1959, West Ham, London, England, UK
30 November 1994, London, England, UK
2 June 1978, Greenwich, London, England, UK
May 25, 2012
'An Education' is an knowing, affectionate portrait of a man who was surely the best and worst thing that ever happened to a girl who probably should have known better.
November 22, 2009
The centerpiece of An Education is the breakout performance of young Carey Mulligan. She is enchanting, and almost convincing as the teenage Jenny, though she can't completely obscure the (justified) suspicion that she's in her twenties and old enough f
November 05, 2009
An Education argues that life -- and the human heart -- are far too complicated merely to be studied. They need to be experienced.
April 04, 2011
Nick Hornby's screenplay is funny and sweet and 1000 percent English in that catnip-to-American-audiences way he's so good at already.
January 26, 2014
Carey Mulligan announces herself as a major name to watch.
December 15, 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.
November 11, 2009
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.
August 02, 2012
An Education deserves high marks. You could argue that the central relationship ought to seem sleazier, but Danish director Lone Scherfig perfectly captures the era's look and mood, Hornby's Oscar-nominated script is deft and the performances are spot on
November 05, 2009
The movie belongs to Mulligan, whose Jenny looks like Audrey Hepburn when she puts her hair up and dons a black dress, and like every teenage girl who's had her heart broken when she cries.
October 27, 2010
You could do a lot worse than spend 100 minutes with Ms. Mulligan. Movie fans, I give you a woman worth educating yourself on.
November 05, 2009
A beguiling little film that, with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions.
