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Educating Rita, 1983

Starring: Michael Caine, Julie Walters

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Written by: Willy Russell

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 110 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.1

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The mood of Educating Rita is witty, touching, and humorous. The plot centers around teaching the ways of the world, the working class, and teachers and students. It is a drama, comedy, and romance movie. Stylistically, Educating Rita is talky and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is London. Educating Rita happens in the 1980s. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being a Golden Globe winner and critically acclaimed. Educating Rita is especially suggested for a date night. Note that it includes profanity.

Summary of Educating Rita

Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for dire straits. Rita is a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction for one another. As Rita engages her teacher in a fuzzy romance, she matures and discovers a new side of herself, but in the end she must choose either her marriage or the magnetic Dr. Bryant.

EDUCATING RITA reunites director Lewis Gilbert with star Michael Caine--they previously worked together in the 1966 drama ALFIE--and once again their collaboration is staggering. Bryant's shortcomings as a drunk and a womanizer are detestable, yet still Gilbert allows viewers to empathize with his character. In EDUCATING RITA, Gilbert once again demonstrates that he is not only a master of commanding the camera but a master at deconstructing the human heart as well.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK
Release date:	21 September 1983
Runtime:	110 min

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Michael Caine

as Dr. Frank Bryant

Julie Walters

as Rita, aka Susan

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TV Guide

This is a poignant if predictable take on the English class system, buoyed by an effervescent performance from Walters. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not Credited)

The New York Times

The essentially two-character play has been opened up to the point that it includes a variety of settings and subordinate figures, but it never approaches anything lifelike. Full Review

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by: Janet Maslin

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Educating Rita

for me it's sort of a classic. brilliant actors in this story of opposites attract and self discovery. please watch it if you haven't. the screen chemistry between Caine and Walters is incredible. Read and rate it

16.October.2008
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by: mishehu
mishehu rated this movie8/10Great

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