In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Educating Rita (1983)

Rita wants to escape her Liverpudlian working-class life, so she decides to do it by getting an education in English Lit. Her tutor Frank doesn't know what hit him until it’s too late. I love the play it was based on, and the screenplay was penned by the same person (Willy Russell), so it’s no surprise that I love this. It has a universal truth at its heart that makes me glad and sad at the same time. It breaks my heart and gives me the hope I need to stitch it back together.

4 pass the focking pheasant out of 5

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