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Educating Rita

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Original title

Educating Rita

Year

1983

Running time

110 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Screenwriter

Willy Russell. Theater: Willy Russell

Cast

Music

David Hentschel

Cinematography

Frank Watts

Producer

Acorn Pictures

Genre

Romance. Comedy. Drama | Romantic Comedy. Education. Alcoholism

Synopsis

Bored with teaching undergraduates English literature, Frank Bryant morosely reflects through a whisky glass on his failed marriage and his attempt at becoming a poet. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rita, a hairdresser who has decided to find herself by taking an Open University course. Excited by her freewheeling and acute observations, and - let's be honest - by Rita herself, Frank also feels a deep sadness as he watches her warm impulsive reactions being replaced by the sort of cold analytical approach he so much loathes in other students and colleagues.

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Awards: 1983: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Actor (Michael Caine), Actress (Julie Walters), Adapted Screenplay

1983: Golden Globes: Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical (Caine) & Actreess (Walters). 4 Nom.

1983: BAFTA Awards: Best Movie, Actor (Caine) y Actress (Walters). 6 Nominations

1983: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.

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Critics' reviews

"Aided greatly by an expert film adaptation by its playwright, Willy Russell, Gilbert has come up with an irresistible story"

Variety Staff: Variety
"'Educating Rita', which might have been a charming human comedy, disintegrated into a forced march through a formula relationship."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"This is a poignant if predictable take on the English class system, buoyed by an effervescent performance from Walters."

TV Guide
"The essentially two-character play has been opened up to the point that it includes a variety of settings and subordinate figures, but it never approaches anything lifelike."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"If you were ever curious how a bad director can destroy the work of two talented actors and a slight, but funny, script, you need look no further than 'Educating Rita'"

Michael Blowen: Boston Globe
"The film doesn't transcend its genre, but it's an honorable achievement within it."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"Lewis Gilbert, and two career best performances from his leading actors, give this film such energy it leaves the pleasant aroma of life and possibility."

Ian Nathan: Empire
"The achievement of 'Educating Rita' is a function of the distinguished performances, the agreeably archetypal situation and the scissor-sharp lines."

The Globe and Mail

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