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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12A

Cast Carey Mulligan Peter Sarsgaard Alfred Molina Dominic Cooper Rosamund Pike Emma Thompson

Directors Lone Scherfig

Screenwriters Nick Hornby

Running Time 100 minutes

An Education (12A)

Plot
Jenny (Mulligan) is attractive, doing well at school and set to land a place at Oxford. Then she meets David (Sarsgaard), an older man. He dazzles her with the edgy world beyond her ’60s suburban life, and soon a very different destiny opens up before her...

Verdict
A decent but unremarkable film with a big, unforgettable central performance. Carey Mulligan passes with First-Class Honours.


Reviewer: Dan Jolin

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