AN EDUCATION

Guy's judgement...

An education. Yes, an education in not getting involved with the slimy Peter Sarsgaard (listen up, Maggie). This movie is about a girl that falls in love with an extremely charismatic (hmm) man that shows her how to live life. She gets to go to fancy restaurants, bid on paintings and even travel to France. But wait, life is not just roses and stuff. What she actually learns in the end is that you learn from your mistakes.

The one to watch in this movie is the father, played extremely well by Alfred Molina. He seems to be picking smaller parts lately but when he appears on the screen he's usually very good. The girl, Carey Mulligan, who I've never seen before, made a pretty good breakthrough performance. Let's just hope that the visual of her falling for Sarsgaard will fade with time for moviegoers. This could mean the end of her career (kidding, she'll do fine).

Otherwise, the movie was well written and charming, although I hear Girl thinks the opposite. It's a good watch and you'll learn to despise Sarsgaard a little bit more, a thing that I thought was almost impossible.

Guy's Rating: Sure...

Girl's judgement...

Hmmm, no, I didn't like this movie. I thought I would, and after watching it, I thought I did, but I've decided in the past hour that I did not. There was no point to it! The story lines were tied off poorly, with very little dramatic climax. The ending was very awkward for every character involved.

The one good thing about this movie was that the actor's didn't completely fail, as the director and writer had failed them. The girl, her father, and that funny blonde "friend" she made were all charming and engaged me into the story line, so at least I paid attention. The blonde's stupidity was delightful...

But! If they expected me to believe Peter Sarsgaard is charming, think again, casting agent! That man is no more charming than diarrhea on a plane. Graphic? Well, it's cinema! It's supposed to be graphic! And this movie just didn't give it to me like it should have.

Girl's Rating: When I watch a movie, I wish to be entertained... I wasn't.