“An Education” in dating disasters
Although 16-year-olds probably shouldn’t date men twice their age, it does make for a great film.
“An Education” centers around the story of Jenny (Carey Mulligan), a 16-year-old prep school student in Twickenham, London, who dreams of “reading” (American translation = studying) English at Oxford. She is bright, beautiful and witty, bringing with her all the ideals one should expect of a young schoolgirl out to conquer the world. She has romantic fantasies of becoming une parisienne and living la vie française some day: smoking cigarettes, listening to Jacques Brel and wearing all...
