An Education

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🎙️ EPISODE 552: 09.12.22 I spent a good chunk of the podcast talking about age gaps. There are so many other "gaps" that are probably more interesting: thigh gaps, gap teeth, gap years, gaps like... in nature and shit (Grand Canyon??). I don't know. Trying to fight the urge to discuss the most uninteresting thing because some small part of the brain thinks it's like a controversy or something else (salacious bullshit, whatever). When it all boils down, this is a fairly textbook, mostly enjoyable period drama; it's screenplay and all of its serviceable-to-great performances scream that loudly. Everything about it feels likes a film you've already seen. It's a macaroni and cheese movie. It's good. I appreciated the brevity, or its attempt at it. But the conclusion felt rushed because of it. There ya go. Some analysis. Next.

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An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming conman who seduces her. The film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards in 2010: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby, and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan. It was released on January 18, 2009.