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Drama about a sheltered 16 year-old girl living in 1961 suburban London, who, eager to start her adult life, takes up with a worldly and charismatic man twice her age. Cast:Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic CooperDirector:Lone ScherfigRelease Date:December 11, 2009DVD Release:April 20, 2010From:Sony ClassicsRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 40 min
An Education played to exceptional reviews. • Christy Lemire wrote for the Associated Press, "You may think you know where the film is going, but its ecstasy and heartbreak will stick with you afterward nonetheless." • And Joe Morgenstern wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "No movie I've seen in a very long time has touched me so deeply, or bestowed so much pleasure.... The whole film is phenomenal. I love it." More Reviews Below...
An Education Positive Reviews (42 Reviews, reviews below)
Richard Corliss, Time: OUTSTANDING "Mulligan is the film's headline, pulse and revelation. In its blithely subversive way, her star-making performance is a coconspirator with the movie."(See all of Richard Corliss's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,072 words, 10/09/09
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...the vivid story of how one girl became a woman -- and how Olde England morphed into the youthquake center of '60s yeah yeah yeah."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 10/09/09
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: OUTSTANDING(cg) "You may think you know where the film is going, but its ecstasy and heartbreak will stick with you afterward nonetheless. It's one of the year's best."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 587 words, 10/08/09
Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Brown eyed beauty Mulligan could earn an Oscar nomination for her first-rate work in this stylish, satisfying smartgirl-coming-of-age drama."(See all of Thelma Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 70 words, 10/08/09
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (12 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...as with so much of Mr. Nick Hornby's work, it is content to be a deftly turned pop artifact. It's a pleasure -- which I don't mean entirely as a compliment."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,076 words, 10/09/09
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT(cg) "Mulligan has the whole movie on her thin shoulders and carries it with ease... Watch Mulligan's face as she goes from weary to awakened, and see it all come together."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 470 words, 10/09/09
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...does so many things so well, it's difficult to know where to begin when cataloging its virtues.... This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,074 words, 10/09/09
Kyle Smith, New York Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "As Jenny, newcomer Carey Mulligan makes you feel sorry for Meryl Streep, whose Oscar chances for next winter just took an ice pick to the heart."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 586 words, 10/09/09
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Mulligan seizes the day. Parts like these do not come around very often. She has a touch of Wendy Hiller's intelligence around the eyes, and a dash of Audrey Hepburn..."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 642 words, 10/23/09
Scott Foundas, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...a seemingly benign, classily directed year-I-became-a-woman nostalgia trip that conceals a surprisingly tart, morally ambiguous center."(See all of Scott Foundas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 696 words, 10/07/09
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The dialogue is mildly clever and often funny, although it can't quite shake a stilted feel... the film unravels in the easiest, most predictable way."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 154 words, 10/22/09
KEY CITIES (16 Reviews)
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "Mulligan delivers a quietly astonishing performance... beguiling... with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions."(See all of Ann Hornaday's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,137 words, 10/30/09
Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a smart memoir... it takes place in London in the early 1960s. Don't picture the swinging-'60s London of a few years later, but the London of drab conformity."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 660 words, 10/30/09
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...engages throughout and flies by in the blink of an eye, or as long as it takes for a teenager to fall head over heels for a grand illusion."(See all of Chris Vognar's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 577 words, 10/30/09
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...just what the title promises, and a delight, as well.... though the movie has its edgy moments, it's remarkably entertaining."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 513 words, 10/30/09
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...brief and delicately nuanced... (based on a memoir by British journalist Lynn Barber, adapted with warmth and wisdom by novelist Nick Hornby) never finds a false note."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 441 words, 11/06/09
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING(cg) "The 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."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 335 words, 11/12/09
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a beautifully written, acted and felt drama about rejecting the handed-down values of parents and society and learning the hard way by making one's own mistakes."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 530 words, 11/06/09
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...light and comical and fabulous, the queasy darkness held at bay at the film's edges.... every role in the film has been impeccably cast and acted..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 657 words, 10/30/09
Scott Foundas, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...a seemingly benign, classily directed year-I-became-a-woman nostalgia trip that conceals a surprisingly tart, morally ambiguous center."(See all of Scott Foundas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 696 words, 10/07/09
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a quiet miracle of a movie that quickly disabuses you of the idea that you've seen it all before.... remarkable for the traps it doesn't fall into."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 573 words, 10/02/09
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The dialogue is mildly clever and often funny, although it can't quite shake a stilted feel... the film unravels in the easiest, most predictable way."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 154 words, 10/22/09
Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper: OUTSTANDING "...much more mature than most coming-of-age movies, and will buoy anyone who still remembers what it's like to take that first peek into life beyond parents and textbooks."(See all of Tricia Olszewski's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 646 words, 10/29/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...as with so much of Mr. Nick Hornby's work, it is content to be a deftly turned pop artifact. It's a pleasure -- which I don't mean entirely as a compliment."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,076 words, 10/09/09
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "No movie I've seen in a very long time has touched me so deeply, or bestowed so much pleasure.... The whole film is phenomenal. I love it."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,414 words, 10/09/09
David Denby, New Yorker: VERY GOOD "I have a feeling that Peter Sarsgaard could have stretched the role a lot further if the script had allowed him to, but, still, what he does is surprising."(See all of David Denby's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 543 words, 10/12/09
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...does so many things so well, it's difficult to know where to begin when cataloging its virtues.... This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,074 words, 10/09/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "Carey Mulligan shines in a captivating performance.... emotionally pulsing, culturally observant picture simply bursts with life..."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,067 words, 01/26/09
James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "What makes 'An Education' a special piece of work are the social forces going on beneath the surface that inform these all-too-human characters."(See all of James Greenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 883 words, 01/21/09
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...does so many things so well, it's difficult to know where to begin when cataloging its virtues.... This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,074 words, 10/09/09
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...as with so much of Mr. Nick Hornby's work, it is content to be a deftly turned pop artifact. It's a pleasure -- which I don't mean entirely as a compliment."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,076 words, 10/09/09
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "No movie I've seen in a very long time has touched me so deeply, or bestowed so much pleasure.... The whole film is phenomenal. I love it."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,414 words, 10/09/09
12.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
An Education's reviews are separated by an average 12.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:An Education's reviews cover 84.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 26,033 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 620 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
An Education Coverage, Volume & Length (42 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 61 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
An Education's reviews on average broke 61 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is An Education's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
An Education (42 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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