An Education

An Education

Synopsis

This is a coming-of-age movie of a teenage girl in 60′s London, where Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a 17 year old girl who finds herself torn between getting into Oxford and a whirlwind romance with a much older guy, David (Peter Sarsgaard).

Official Site: NA

Singapore Release Date: 26th November 2009, Thursday

Running Time: 95 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Drama

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard

Crew: Director (Lone Scherfig), Producer (Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Douglas Hansen, Wendy Japhet, Jamie Laurenson, Caroline Levy, James D. Stern, David M. Thompson), Writers (Nick Hornby based on a memoir by Lynn Barber), Music (Paul Englishby), Cinematography (John de Borman) and Editing (Barney Pilling)

The Trailer

The Review

An Education is a movie based based on Lynn Barber’s autobiographical memoir, and the adaptation from book to screenplay in my opinion was a success.

Set in the swinging sixties London, teenager Jenny Miller (Carey Mulligan) is 16 going on 17, and on target for a place at Oxford university.

She is intelligent, quick-witted, self-assured but naive. Jenny falls and enters an affair with a fellow more than twice her age, David Goldman (Peter Sarsgaard) who impresses her with his sports car, and glamorous lifestyle.

Jenny succumbs and accepts his marriage proposal and dropped out of school to the dismay of many.

This is a movie about a girl’s coming-of-age on the verge of major changes, where the abrupt but exciting relationship she chose is as much an education as is Jenny’s schooling.

Carey Mulligan played the lead role convincingly, to think she’s 23 years old at the time of filming.

This is a film that offers the insight into the memoir of someone youth.

The Good

• Uplifting story
• Script well written
• Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson as supporting cast was excellent as ever

The Bad

• Cliché scenes
• Predictable outcome
• Little character development

Editor’s Ratings