An Education
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- Synopsis
- 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....
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- Director(s)
- Lone Scherfig
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 95 min.
Critic Reviews
This happens in 1961, when 16-year-old girls were a great deal less knowing than they are now. Yet the movie isn't shabby or painful, but romantic and wonderfully entertaining.Read the full review
This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always.Read the full review
This tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom is thrilling --for the radiance of Carey Mulligan's Jenny, who's wonderfully smart and perilously tender; for the grace of Lone Scherfig's direction, and the brilliance of Nick Hornby's screenplay.Read the full review
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