Author Nick Hornby turns from novels to screenplays with this talent-driven drama. Carey Mulligan (Bleak House) stars as Jenny, a young woman full of promise and intent to study at Oxford. But meeting an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) leads Jenny to believe that she can learn things outside the classroom, casting doubt on her future plans. Directed by Italian for Beginners' Lone Scherfig, An Education also stars Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, and Emma Thompson. Read Roger Ebert's rave review.

Nominated for Golden Globe's Best Actress (Carey Mulligan)!

Captivatingly written, directed and acted with sensitivity and nuance, this is one of the best films of the year. It lives up to its title in more ways than one. -- Rex Reed, New York Observer

An Education is a wonderful film. -- Todd McCarthy, Variety

A quiet miracle of a movie that quickly disabuses you of the idea that you've seen it all before.  -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

[Mulligan] makes the role luminous when it could have been sad or awkward. She has such lightness and grace, you're pretty sure this is the birth of a star. -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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