An Education (Review)

Lone Scherfig's 'An Education' is certainly that for the film's central figure, Jenny (newcomer Carey Mulligan), a gifted student from the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 who dreams of studying English at Oxford University. Based on the memoir of British journalist Lynn Barber and adapted for the screen by novelist Nick Hornby, it's effective on a variety of levels, none more obvious than Mulligan. Grade: B plus.