She accepts the ride from Peter Sarsgaard as well, and that’s just asking for trouble. Not only does he look a bit slimy, but he seems to be playing Robert Shaw’s English gentleman in From Russia With Love. It’s a good job that he doesn’t order the red wine with the fish – Jenny would have to punch him in the face.
Nick Hornby, presumably bored from writing about himself, treats us to the story of someone else’s childhood - journalist Lynn Barber. It seems Barber had an interesting childhood. Not only was Emma Thompson her headmistress, but Dr .Octopus was her father!
Desperate to make her escape from such a bizarre upbringing, Jenny begins a love affair with Sarsgaard. This makes sense. He’s friends with a Bond girl and one of the History Boys, they go to wicked parties, buy expensive art and generally provide a bit of swing to a pre-swinging London. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with them?
I’d hate to give too much away, but the good times don’t last. Wouldn’t be much of a story if they did, I suppose. Still, when your childhood’s that exciting, anything else is going to be a let-down.
Promoted with a trailer that shows far too much of the plot, An Education is a nice little film which probably won’t get the credit it deserves.
I quite liked this one. Once I got past Sarsgaard's dodgy accent and the miscasting of Dominic Cooper (he really is best suited to BBC festive period drama fodder), I immersed myself in Jenny's debacle, and enjoyed the ride. Two points though: It wouldn't have been half as interesting without the superb turn from Rosamund Pike as the vacuous Helen, and also, what possessed Sally Hawkins to sign on to a movie with only a few lines of dialogue? Horribly underused.
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