Educating Rita
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Movie Reviews of Educating Rita
Movie Review: Still my favorite movie ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This has been my favorite movie since the first time I watched it, and I've never stopped loving it. I think I identified with Rita/Susan way back in 1984 when I saw it, as I was a newly married working class girl trying to get my education one class at a time. Rita's journey fascinated me, and I never get to the end of the movie without tearing up at the transformations of both Rita and Frank. It's more than 20 years later, I have my education, and I now know that most of the reading material I devoured in the first 20 years of my life wasn't literature, but I've never forgotten the feelings portrayed so beautifully by this movie, those feelings of being between two worlds-the one I started with and the one I was working toward, as Rita puts it, trying to discover myself
I think this movie also portrays another life lesson, that you can have all the knowledge of an "educated" person, and still not have that be enough to fill the emptiness in your life, as Rita's tragic roommate shows us. Rita's education is in far more than some works of literature, and that is the best thing about this funny, sweet, and heart-rending film.
Movie Review: A Rare Flawless Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so delighted that they finally put this film on DVD. It is definitely a modern classic romantic comedy that reminds one of "My Fair Lady" only without the song and dance numbers. Amazon's synopsis covers the film adequately, so no need for me to run it down here.
The cast is nothing less than brilliant and I don't think Michael Caine was ever better before or since and this film should have made a star out of Julie Walters; sadly, she mostly was cast as a supporting actress in her later films and just about disappeared entirely until her role in the Harry Potter films. She is a breath of fresh air and steals every scene she is in and that's even when up against the great Caine.
The film is very bitter sweet and in spite of being labeled by most, including me, a romantic comedy, it is much more about self-discovery, finding independence, and the value of education. The film if funny in the right places and a real tear-jerker in others.
You will not regret seeing this film. To this day it remains in my top 20 favorite films.
Movie Review: What A Treasure!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so pleased that Educating Rita is finally coming to DVD. I have tried to purchase it in the past with no luck and my VHS is broke.
If you are reading this review and want to know the synopsis, basically a young hairdresser wants to become more than she is. She feels that only through education will she have more choices open to her. She works privately with a tutor, Frank(Caine), who is an alcoholic. During the time they spend together, each looks at the other with 'the grass is greener' philosophy. Frank thinks that Rita is perfect the ways she is. Rita wants what Frank has. The trade off for each is what makes the film bitter sweet. You so want Rita to achieve her dream, but at a cost of who she is , is painful. What happens? You will have to watch. My tape broke about 3 years ago, so I am very much looking forward to this film.
If you enjoy British slice of life films, this is a must. IF you love Michael Caine or Julie Walters, this is a must. I recommend this very highly. It is an overlooked cinematic treasure.
Movie Review: A classic.
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is wonderfully enriching, energising and fresh.
It's hard to believe it is now 22 years old.
Caine is the perfection as the cynical and alcoholic Frank, a jaded University lecturer who's life is changed by the presence a gutsy, gritty and uneducated hairdresser, Rita (Walters)an enthusiastic Open University student who is a world away from the usual privelaged teenagers he teaches.
This was Walters first real outing as a Film actress and all the passion and commitment she brings to her roles are truly in evidence here. Rita's growth and self discovery through literature study enlivens the drunken Frank so much it is evident he has fallen in love with her, but Rita has other plans for herself and the couple spectularly fall out.
The end of the film concerns itself with the resolution of their freindship and both seeking out new lives. It's harsh and beautiful in equal measure and Walters and Caine set the screen alight with dynamic chemistry. A must see!
Movie Review: A film treasure to be enjoyed no matter what the years is ..
Summary: 5 Stars
Just had a chance to see this Micheal Caine film and Im waitinf for the DVD to be released. The movie was a pleasure and a great way to spend a quiet afternoon. Micheal Caine plays a drunken, 'who cares' professor at one of the old stuffy English universities, totally stuck in a rut ..... The university, in an attempt to meld with the 'commoners' of the community has opened up some slots for older students to receive tutoring and a 'higher' education ...
The professor is assigned a very very common hairdresser who has pre-conceived nothions as to how the upper class thinks and behaves. She is like a breath of fresh air and we see her change right before our eyes as she is introduced to the arts.
Caine of course is completely taken by her and feels hesitant to accept her as a student for fear of 'jading' what is obviously a very intelligent 'free thinking' person that he has always wanted to be ..
Great great film