An Education

Oscar wouldn’t be Oscar without a movie like “An Education” being nominated for Best Picture. "An Education" would make an excellent critical analysis of a sixteen year old girl in the 60’s living in London with dreams of attending Oxford. The analysis would center around the creepy relationship between Jenny and David, which in 2010 we call statutory rape and illegal. Unfortunately, in the ‘60’s often times people chose to turn a blind eye to this type of predatory behavior.

Carey Mulligan, who plays 16 year old Jenny, is also nominated by Oscar for Best Actress. "An Education" isn't for the typical movie-goer. It’s an artsy, fartsy film that is the polar opposite of Best Picture nominations like "The Blind Side", "UP" and "Avatar".

The film is rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content and for smoking. There’s no way I would take a 13 year old to see this film…or 14, or 15… Actually, I think a better rating would be PG-16, and even that's a stretch.

If, and only if, you are a “film” lover (definition of a film lover is someone who loves the art of film, the directing, filming, lighting, analysis of film, etc.) do I recommend you see this Oscar nominated film. Oscar gave this a nod simply for “that” crowd, which I consider myself part of “that” crowd. But, even I didn’t really dig it. The rest of the world can SKIP PAST this education.

Rating for "An Education" = * SKIP PAST This Movie

R.A.N.’s Rating System:
*****RACE To This Movie = Amazing/Oscar Worthy
****RUN To This Movie = Great
***JOG To This Movie = Good
**WALK To This Movie = So-So
*SKIP PAST This Movie = Bad