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An Education

2009

Lone Scherfig

Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper ...

6.6

23,628

Drama. Romance It’s 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco in her Twickenham bedroom. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can’t wait for adult life to begin. Meanwhile, she’s a diligent student, excelling in every subject except the Latin that her father is convinced will land ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A quiet miracle of a movie that quickly disabuses you of the idea that you've seen it all before. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Through stellar performances, clever writing and exquisite cinematography, the story is fresh and thoroughly captivating. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"A decent but unremarkable film with a big, unforgettable central performance. Carey Mulligan passes with First-Class Honours. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Romantic and wonderfully entertaining. (...) She [Carey Mulligan] has such lightness and grace, you're pretty sure this is the birth of a star. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	James Greenberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Topped by a fine cast, a first-rate script by Nick Hornby and tight direction by Lone Scherfig, the film is a smart, moving but not inaccessible entry in the coming-of-age canon."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Hornby's screenplay catches the stranger-than-fiction absurdity nicely (...) A wonderful performance from 24-year-old newcomer Carey Mulligan (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"It captures with tenderness and wit the exquisite ache of growing up as Mulligan evolves into the architect of her own destiny"	POS
United Kingdom	Sukhdev Sandhu Telegraph	"What makes the film such a gem is (...) the skill with which it takes material that could easily be treated in prurient or voyeuristic fashion and from it crafts a beady-eyed drama that embraces ambiguity (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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