I’ve had this review in my arsenal for a while but was tardy in posting. But now that the movie received a Best Picture nomination and Carey Mulligan received one for Best Actress, I thought it was time to post it.
YAY it’s almost Oscar time!
Movie: An Education
Rating: PG-13
Release date: October 8, 2009 (On DVD March 2010)
Everyday Adventures’ grade: A-
Summary: Jenny (Carey Milligen) is a London teen living a school-focused live in the 60s. She’s bored with her life and longs of a bohemian life in France, but her strict parents (Alfred Molina and Cara Seymour) keep her focused on school alone with the dream of attending Oxford. Then comes David (Peter Sarsgaard), a twice-her-age knight with good looks, charm and money. David gives Jenny an escape from her current life and taste of a different one, with consequences.
My thoughts: Carey Milligen has been getting major buzz about her role as Jenny and I can see why. She’s cute, innocent and has an “aw shucks” persona. She is perfect for this role. And watching her with David, it made me remember being a teen in love for the first time. The shoulder shrugging, giggling and general “oh-my-god-this-guy-actually-likes-me” look was like looking at myself at 18, before I realized most guys I was dating were d*cks. And some still are.
Peter Sarsgaard needs to work on his British accent more (it was fading in and out) but he was definitely charming and I found myself being a little seduced by him. Rawr. And he would make an awesome sugar daddy, for real. Alfred Molina (aka Doc Ock) was annoying as the penny pinching, crazy enforcer dad but while he was driving me to drink, I did think he was really effective.
And because it’s the 60s, there’s lots of hand mixers, gorgeous dresses and smoking. That two of which I wanted to do when we left.
Go see it!
I really enjoyed this movie, too. The accents, the clothing, the drama….I want to see it again! Loved it.
This film is really cool I like this one I am very glad to seen this one It is really a cool.I am very excited to see this one.It is very.
I have been dying to see this movie and really need to hurry since it’s down to playing in only one theater locally. I’m hoping the two Oscar nods will hold it out a little longer for me.
I really liked this movie too….I thought it was well done and a tasteful look at what a relationship between a younger girl and a significantly older man can be like. Both this movie and Shopgirl speak to me for obvious reasons (my last two long term relationships were with men no less than a decade older than me). I do wish, however, that the movie would have ended with her walking out of the school after her speech with the headmistress. It would have made the outcome of her story more about the possibility of her realizations and less about the fallout. I think the film tried to point out that there are more ways to an education than one, and ending the movie after her speech would have done it effectively I feel.
I adored that movie…I was drooling over the clothes