5.0
out of 100
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This is a performance, and a film, to cherish for this year and always.
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This happens in 1961, when 16-year-old girls were a great deal less knowing than they are now. Yet the movie isn't shabby or painful, but romantic and wonderfully entertaining.
Afterward, you'll want to listen to the Beatles sing ''She's Leaving Home.'' It might be a girl like Jenny the lads had in mind.
Topped by a fine cast, a first-rate script by Nick Hornby and tight direction by Lone Scherfig, the film is a smart, moving but not inaccessible entry in the coming-of-age canon.
Through stellar performances, clever writing and exquisite cinematography, the story is fresh and thoroughly captivating.
If in hindsight An Education might make you a little queasy, it is hard to resist, like David himself.
Carey Mulligan shines in a captivating performance.
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Art auctions with handsome strangers = DANGER.
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