An Education

So, along with two friends, I went to Guleph monday night to see An Education at the Bookstore. (As a side note we went to the Red Brick Cafe beforehand and it was really cool. We did the wine sampling for $8 - such a deal. I would definitely go back). The movie takes place in a suburb of London during the early 1960's. The main character is this really smart girl whose goal (as determined by her parents) is to go to Oxford to study English. She meets an older man one rainy day and an emotional affair begins. Very deep and twisty (not in a weirdo way though). I don't want to spoil the movie so I won't say more. The male lead Peter Saarsgaard is not British but you'd never know it (my friend actually found that the cast was all English except for him). I was pleasantly surprised to see Dominic Cooper as well. The blond is from Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightly version). The costuming is awesome and it makes you want to go live in that time, even if just for a bit.

Rating: 4 out of 5