An Education
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
A 16-year-old school girl risk her education and her goal to get into Oxford to have a love affair with a man much MUCH older than her... What could possibly go wrong? That initial concept right there pretty much takes some people out of the movie and you wouldn't believe of how stupid and selfish most of these characters are. That is one problem I have with this movie. There is not one character in the film that is likable or mattered, even for the main character, played nicely by Carey Mulligan who presents herself as too smart and knowing for her own good that she gets her comeuppance, there is nothing to feel for her. Not only that, the plot/storyline is rather simple and the message is nothing new, especially after 1 and a half hours. The film was shot pleasantly and had great cinematography and sequences through all the beatnik's and hipster's location from England to Paris. The pacing is rater slow and one that needs to get used to. Its a sweet, but not great film.
3 out of 5 stars
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