An Education (2009)
84%RT Audience Score: 80%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Though the latter part of the film may not appeal to all, An Education is a charming coming-of-age tale powered by the strength of relative newcomer Carey Mulligan’s standout performance
An Education is a coming-of-age film that will make you feel like you’re back in high school, but with way better fashion. Carey Mulligan shines as Jenny, a smart and ambitious young woman who falls for an older man and learns some tough lessons about life and love. The film is stylish, soul-searching, and has a killer soundtrack that will transport you straight to the Swinging Sixties. Plus, who doesn’t love seeing a teenage girl kick against the pricks for a change? Overall, An Education is a lovely, delicious film that will leave you feeling nostalgic and moved.
Production Company(ies)
CNN Films, Manny O Productions, Sunset Pictures,
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2009
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.00 : 1
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Runtime:1h 40m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 9, 2009 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2010
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, directed by Lone Scherfig, written by Nick Hornby, drama, PG-13, box office performance, $12.6M, reviewed by Deborah Ross, Kate Stables, Ed Koch, Candice Frederick, Jason Bailey, Nell Minow, Yasmin Omar, David Walsh, Felicia Feaster, producer Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, MPAA rating, smoking, sexual content, mature thematic material, Carey Mulligan’s standout performance, coming-of-age tale, Oxford University, wealthy older suitor, jetset lifestyle, classical music concerts, fancy art auctions, middle-class upbringing, teenage rebellion, 1960s, London, England, charming, poignant, joyful, touching, original ending, exceptional entry in the genre
Worldwide gross: $26,096,852
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $12,574,914
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Carey Mulligan – Jenny
Alfred Molina – Jack
Dominic Cooper – Danny
Rosamund Pike – Helen
Olivia Williams – Miss Stubbs
Director(s)
Lone Scherfig
Writer(s)
Nick Hornby
Producer(s)
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (197) | Top Critics (64) | Fresh (184) | Rotten (13)
This is a nostalgically elegant, comically restrained, cleverly scripted film which, in parts, is also extremely moving.
August 30, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
One of the chief pleasures of Lone Scherfig’s crisply confident and charmingly comic coming-of-age drama is in seeing a teenage girl kick against the pricks for a change.
July 6, 2018
Kate Stables
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
This is a lovely, delicious film with fine acting and a unique plot.
January 17, 2018
Ed Koch
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
What’s good about Mulligan’s performance is that it’s subtle, and seemingly very natural. What’s underwhelming about An Education is that all the drama that naturally occurs in a situation like Jenny’s was missing.
September 11, 2017 | Rating: B
Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
TOP CRITIC
‘An Education’ is an knowing, affectionate portrait of a man who was surely the best and worst thing that ever happened to a girl who probably should have known better.
May 25, 2012
Jason Bailey
DVDTalk.com
TOP CRITIC
February 14, 2012 | Rating: A-
Nell Minow
Movie Mom
TOP CRITIC
Soundtracked by the sensuous jazz of the Swinging Sixties, the film is at once stylish and soul-searching, a thoughtful meditation on the pitfalls of grasping for adulthood too soon.
June 25, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Yasmin Omar
Harper’s Bazaar
It is spoiled … by a rather predictable script and a conventional denouement, and the narrow outlook to which it seems to subscribe.
February 13, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
An Education offers the thrilling sight of a smart young woman in charge of her own sexuality.
January 23, 2020
Felicia Feaster
Charleston City Paper
Lone Scherfig and her cast and crew give us all AN EDUCATION. Go straight to the head of the class with AN EDUCATION!!
November 6, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
But it’s [Carey] Mulligan who shines throughout, bringing a wide-eyed naïve endearing charm to her character, her intelligence and pragmatism making Jenny far more than just a silly schoolgirl.
October 29, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Nikki Baughan
Roll Credits
Nick Hornby wrote the screenplay by inflating a fragment of Lynn Barber’s memoir, failing to disguise the thinness of the material.
October 25, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4
Troy Patterson
Spin…
Plot
“Socially awkward high school student Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance on the topic in his personal sex ed course
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
An Education features a breakthrough performance from relative newcomer Carey Mulligan.
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