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Published: Jan 18, 2010
I’m trying to remember why I didn’t rush to see "An Education" the day it opened. The reviews were raves, and the idea --- an English girl on the verge of applying to Oxford meets an Older Man --- was compelling. (Now I remember. We have a daughter. The idea creeped me out.) Well, we finally dragged ourselves to see it, and it’s astonishingly good. The less you know about it, the better. Just go. And bring a hankie, because people --- especially the girl, exquisitely played by Carey Mulligan --- Go Through Things in this movie. Then, to your surprise, they change. And so will you.