An Education

[rjhempel]

Saw it yesterday, me and my partner, both enjoyed it, good movie, nice twists, the movie did go quickly.

[Brilliant Trees]

Saw this yesterday at Odeon Bayswater.

Liked this a lot, Alfred Molina was GREAT as always. Emma Thompson woefully underused but still shone.

Carey Mulligan is obvisuly one to watch for the future, an excellent performance

This took me back to my chidhood (late Sixties) and was a delight although not sure why everyone was taken in by Peter Sarsgaard's very smarmy character.

8/10 for me

[jennyw888]

Saw this film at Bayswater on Sunday was very full, really enjoyed it, good story. 7/10

[opas]

It looks as though the film stayed pretty close to Lynn Barber's memoires - see this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/ ... ationships

I've just read this excerpt - am now really intrigued. I also like all the connections to those shady figures from 1960s London. Think I may get the book. Thanks moondance

[tilly]

Just saw that the plot was taken from an article in Grazia.

[spuckle]

Really enjoyed this, the first screening I've attending for a while that hasn't felt overly long.

Nick Hornby scripts are always good and this is no exception, 9/10.

[Ms Thrifty]

Caught up with this today and thought it was a really solid, old-fashioned Britflick - despite having a Danish director! I did think Jenny was portrayed as implausibly knowing and cheeky, but Rosamond Pike was wonderful - I'd love to see her do more comedy.

[superhero]

Apparently everyone says Lynn Barber's book is much better. I might have to go out and b*y it. I've been reading this film is going to be an Oscar contender. Whilst I did like the film, I somehow doubt it will feature that prominently if at all for the oscars.

[cheekyweelassie]

Finally got to see An Education today, thanks to the Telegraph BAFTA film offer.

First, the story of the screening kerfuffle:

The Shaftesbury Avenue Cineword website was saying this morning that the cinema was shut, and the cinema did not appear on the online list of participating cinemas. I called Cineworld customer services and they said there had been a major power cut and the screening might be moving to the Haymarket one instead. I called Haymarket but they didn't know anything about this. The phone line to Shaftesbury Avenue was down because of the power cut. I waited a couple of hours and called Shaftesbury Avenue again. This time the line was working and the lady in the box office told me the cinema was open, and An Education would be played as scheduled at 15:15. Yay! I got on the bus and crawled through the London traffic, and about an hour later at 14:00 I arrived at the cinema with my Telegraph coupon. I was told that the screening had been cancelled! I queried this with some disbelief, and explained that I had called only an hour earlier and been told it was on, but he was adamant that it was cancelled and the screening was blacked out on his screen. I was really fed up by this. I went back outside and I called customer servives at Cineworld again and explained what had happened, and a nice chap named Simon kept me on hold while he called the Shaftesbury Avenue Cineworld himself. When he came back on the line he said he'd cleared it with the manager and the screening was definitely ON! Come on people, get it together! So then I had to go back upstairs, to the same cashier, and ask for the same film again! He got the manager on the phone, played with his computer to unblock the screening and finally gave me a ticket to the film.

Right, so the actual film:

I really liked the way everything looked. I liked London in the 1960s and I liked the old cars and clothes. I thought the relationship between the two main characters was convincing, and I could see why she was swept away by such a charmer. I was quite shocked and surprised by the twists, so I guess I was drawn in by Peter Sarsgaard's character like everybody else. I did wonder if a 16 year old girl would have been quite so self-assured and confident, but I suppose it was necessary for the story that she was like that so that her comedown was all the more poignant. I thought that 'An Education' was a good title, as it was about her intellectual education as well as giving lessons in life and in love. But it didn't try to be too deep, and it felt like it was just the right length. I'm glad I finally got to see this, and although I'd still like 'Up' to get the 'best picture' Oscar, this would have been my second choice.
9/10

[Beate]

Gosh, what a kerfuffle! Glad I don't have to deal with that this year. Would have tried to get Hurt Locker tickets for Monday but now seeing that on Sunday with my Prince Charles Cinema tickets.