My Movie Review: ‘An Education’

Geez, is Carey Mulligan ever going to look old? She pretty much looks 14 as she did five years ago in Bleak House. Here she plays a saucy smart 16 year old on her way to Oxford. You have no problem guessing where the story ends, but along the way Jenny, and her family, get a little different education than you’d predict. So this takes An Education a rung or two higher than the typical older man/school girl romance. Most of the humor comes from Alfred Molina as Jenny’s dad. Oh, there are a few laughs when Emma Thompson makes her too few appearances. And the fabulous Peter Sarsgaard and Rosamund Pike are right on the money. My only problem with the plot was the big reveal . . . it stretched credibility. [ RT ]