Adapted by Nick Hornby from a memoir by Lynn Barber, this is an enjoyably bracing portrait of a romantic misadventure.

| Sep 18, 2023

This is a nostalgically elegant, comically restrained, cleverly scripted film which, in parts, is also extremely moving.

| Aug 30, 2018

One of the chief pleasures of Lone Scherfig's crisply confident and charmingly comic coming-of-age drama is in seeing a teenage girl kick against the pricks for a change.

| Jul 6, 2018

This is a lovely, delicious film with fine acting and a unique plot.

| Jan 17, 2018

What's good about Mulligan's performance is that it's subtle, and seemingly very natural. What's underwhelming about An Education is that all the drama that naturally occurs in a situation like Jenny's was missing.

| Original Score: B | Sep 11, 2017

'An Education' is an knowing, affectionate portrait of a man who was surely the best and worst thing that ever happened to a girl who probably should have known better.

| May 25, 2012

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

You may think you know where the film is going, but its ecstasy and heartbreak will stick with you afterward. It's one of the year's best.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2009

The centerpiece of An Education is the breakout performance of young Carey Mulligan. She is enchanting, and almost convincing as the teenage Jenny, though she can't completely obscure the (justified) suspicion that she's in her twenties and old enough f

| Nov 22, 2009

Everything about Scherfig's coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2009

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 11, 2009

A beguiling little film that, with deceptive restraint and forthrightness, opens up worlds of roiling, contradictory emotions.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 5, 2009

The movie belongs to Mulligan, whose Jenny looks like Audrey Hepburn when she puts her hair up and dons a black dress, and like every teenage girl who's had her heart broken when she cries.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 5, 2009

An Education is just what the title promises, and a delight, as well.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 5, 2009

Carey Mulligan, in a star-making turn, makes this into one of the best films of the year.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 31, 2009

t gives a glimmering surface sheen to the glamorous mirage of David's high life and all but asks, "Would you make a better choice?"

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 30, 2009

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2009

Danish director Scherfig and star Mulligan give the film considerable weight by surrounding this lightly played, strange romance with both an acute understanding of Barber's endearing screen alter ego.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2009

This is a wonderful, life-affirming picture that deserves all the prizes it will undoubtedly win. I can't call it the best British film of the year because it's still only October. But I'd be amazed if a better one comes along.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 30, 2009

A sad, painful comedy, and the lovely performance from Mulligan makes it a very enjoyable film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2009