In the early 1960's, sixteen-year-old Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father Jack's (Alfred Molina's) wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than him. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working, but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy na... (Full plot summary below)
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In the early 1960's, sixteen-year-old Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father Jack's (Alfred Molina's) wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than him. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working, but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham (Matthew Beard), who is nice, but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman (Peter Sarsgaard), a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Helen (Rosamund Pike), have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move on to becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association, Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher education at Oxford.
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| Portland OregonianShawn LevyIt is, in its quiet, precise, classical way, nearly perfect. |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanSheer joy of an intelligent, grown up film |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirAn Education captures the very limited possibilities for female liberation in early-'60s London -- with massive social change on the distant horizon, but not here yet -- in exquisite detail. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThis tale of an English schoolgirl's hard-won wisdom is thrilling --for the radiance of Carey Mulligan's Jenny, who's wonderfully smart and perilously tender; for the grace of Lone Scherfig's direction, and the brilliance of Nick Hornby's screenplay. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis happens in 1961, when 16-year-old girls were a great deal less knowing than they are now. Yet the movie isn't shabby or painful, but romantic and wonderfully entertaining. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyHornby is a fine craftsman and his dialogue sparkles, though occasionally the scenes are too calculated. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsThe combination of a literate script, an adroit cast and an economical style is simple addition that achieves an alchemical feat: the best film of the year. |
| The SimonTim GriersonSarsgaard is great as a very nice man who's really very rotten the more you think about it. |
| Urban CinefileLouise KellerAn irresistible tale of seduction in which innocence and intellect are the prize stakes. |
