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An Education

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
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Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan in An Education (2009)
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London (Mulligan) and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age (Sarsgaard).
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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 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 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.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
135K
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POPULARITY
4,672
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    • Lone Scherfig
    • Lynn Barber(memoir)
    • Nick Hornby(screenplay)
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    • Carey Mulligan
    • Peter Sarsgaard
    • Alfred Molina
    • Lone Scherfig
    • Lynn Barber(memoir)
    • Nick Hornby(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Carey Mulligan
    • Peter Sarsgaard
    • Alfred Molina
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    • 280User reviews
    • 276Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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    Carey Mulligan
    Carey Mulligan
    • Jenny
    Peter Sarsgaard
    Peter Sarsgaard
    • David
    Alfred Molina
    Alfred Molina
    • Jack
    Olivia Williams
    Olivia Williams
    • Miss Stubbs
    Cara Seymour
    Cara Seymour
    • Marjorie
    William Melling
    • Small Boy
    Connor Catchpole
    • Small Boy
    Matthew Beard
    Matthew Beard
    • Graham
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    • Hattie
    Ellie Kendrick
    Ellie Kendrick
    • Tina
    Dominic Cooper
    Dominic Cooper
    • Danny
    Rosamund Pike
    Rosamund Pike
    • Helen
    Nick Sampson
    • Auctioneer
    Kate Duchêne
    Kate Duchêne
    • Latin Teacher
    • (as Kate Duchene)
    Bel Parker
    • Small Girl
    Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson
    • Headmistress
    Luis Soto
    Luis Soto
    • Rachman
    Olenka Wrzesniewski
    • Shakespeare Girl
      • Lone Scherfig
      • Lynn Barber(memoir)
      • Nick Hornby(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The creative team were initially worried about casting the 22-year-old Carey Mulligan in the role of a 16-year-old, but were convinced by her screentest. Rosamund Pike reportedly really wanted the small part of Helen, because "no one ever lets me be funny."
    • Goofs
      When Jenny finally passes her A levels, she mentions grades. The film is set in 1961 - A level grades were first introduced in 1963. Although,when she's studying at home, it is implied that a significant amount of time passes, it is unlikely to have taken her beyond 1962 when, essentially, you either passed or failed GCE exams.
    • Quotes

      Jenny: If you never do anything, you never become anyone.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Smoke Without Fire
      Written by Duffy and Bernard Butler

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      Courtesy of A&M/Polydor Records (UK), Mercury Records (US)

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    My 313th Review: A good Chaucerian cautionary tale with a very significant debut by one Carey Mulligan
    With excellent acting and excellent visuals this is a good film, as a Chaucerian cautionary tale, or a retake on Congreve, it succeeds in buckets. But more even than the excellent script by Nick Hornsby is a marvellous performance by Carey Mulligan.

    It tackles what is an incredibly sensitive subject, more so today than even in its setting, the relationship between a teenager and an older man, with definite aplomb. What could have been either an anachronistic script filled with moral sensibilities that didn't surface in 1961 or a cheap and tawdry sensationalist production is handled with verve, humour, and brings both the wonder of first love and the seductive ability of that love to steer lives in directions we'd rather not go out in ways that work very well indeed.

    Carey Mulligan has more than a touch of sensibility about her and is, obviously, the more mature, yet still a naive genué - her performance is to be admired for its ability to not switch characters but rather hold a fast course that is totally believable. I seriously cannot think of any debut in the past 20 years that has this weight. Like Taylor in National Velvet or Johnny Mill's daughter in Whistle Down the Wind you just know you are watching something very special indeed.

    All the parts are very well written by Nick Hornsby and what we get is both complex and light, a witty drama with depth that truly evokes the post-Suez and Macmillan era; Britain before the Beatles but a Britain full of a generation who didn't wanted to be reminded of rationing and the Blitz, who were searching to get away from the drudgery of a boring job-for-life that was killing their parents by degrees.

    While there are moments of real unease, not surprisingly given the subject matter, there is nothing to not recommend about this: it is thoughtful, funny, intriguing, and marks the start of a significant career for Carey Mulligan who will certainly become one of the leading British actresses of her generation.
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      • February 5, 2010 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
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      • Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Films
      • Finola Dwyer Productions
      • Wildgaze Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
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