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Dominican Rep. Educating Rita
- Original title
- Educating Rita
- Year
- 1983
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Willy Russell. Theater: Willy Russell
- Cast
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Michael Caine
Julie Walters
Michael Williams
Maureen Lipman- Jeananne Crowley
- Malcom Douglas
Geoffrey Quigley- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Romance. Comedy. Drama | Romantic Comedy. Education. Alcoholism
- Synopsis
- Bored with teaching undergraduates English literature, Frank Bryant morosely reflects through a whisky glass on his failed marriage and his attempt at becoming a poet. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rita, a hairdresser who has decided to find herself by taking an Open University course. Excited by her freewheeling and acute observations, and - let's be honest - by Rita herself, Frank also feels a deep sadness as he watches her warm impulsive reactions being replaced by the sort of cold analytical approach he so much loathes in other students and colleagues.
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- Awards
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1983: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Actor (Michael Caine), Actress (Julie Walters), Adapted Screenplay1983: Golden Globes: Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical (Caine) & Actreess (Walters). 4 Nom.1983: BAFTA Awards: Best Movie, Actor (Caine) y Actress (Walters). 6 Nominations1983: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"Aided greatly by an expert film adaptation by its playwright, Willy Russell, Gilbert has come up with an irresistible story"
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"'Educating Rita', which might have been a charming human comedy, disintegrated into a forced march through a formula relationship."
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"This is a poignant if predictable take on the English class system, buoyed by an effervescent performance from Walters."
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"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."
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"If you were ever curious how a bad director can destroy the work of two talented actors and a slight, but funny, script, you need look no further than 'Educating Rita'"
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"The film doesn't transcend its genre, but it's an honorable achievement within it."
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"Lewis Gilbert, and two career best performances from his leading actors, give this film such energy it leaves the pleasant aroma of life and possibility."
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"The achievement of 'Educating Rita' is a function of the distinguished performances, the agreeably archetypal situation and the scissor-sharp lines."
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