Fresh
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.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
An Education
An education isn't always by the book.
2009 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Overview
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
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.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
A beguiling little film that, with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
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.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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