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An Education

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This multi-award-winning coming-of-age tale is set in London in 1961. A thirty-something wealthy man offers a schoolgirl a lift in the rain, and soon becomes a part of her life. Her parents eventually even agree to let them go on holiday to Paris. Over the course of two years, the shy schoolgirl blossoms into a young women, having experiences along the way that she would never have thought possible before.

100 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13
Drama, Female interest, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson

Director

Lone Scherfig

Screenplay

NIck Hornby, from the memoir by Lynn Barber

Music

Paul Englishby

Cinematography

John de Borman

Editing

Barney Pilling

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

BBC Films, Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, Endgame Entertainment

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Very mild and infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Occasional, mild, implied sex scenes, some mild to moderate sexual innuendo
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Frequent alcohol and tobacco glamourised
Comments	This film is very educational and has some fairly mature themes.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

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Blood / Gore

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Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Cathleen Rountree A perfect coming of age tale for every age.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson Unfortunately, the denouement isn’t nearly as interesting as that and An Education’s second half flags badly. Amid all this confusion, Mulligan’s charm only goes so far.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers A quiet miracle of a movie that quickly disabuses you of the idea that you've seen it all before.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com163 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 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.

Internet (IMDB)5157 Netizens Why can't American movie makers make a movie this great?

Average .. 77%

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