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An Education (2009)
Aside from the horribly tacked on ending, I though this movie was wonderful - much to my surprise. Normally any movie whose plot description features the words "coming-of-age" doesn't exactly pique my interest, but there are certainly exceptions to the rule - An Education is definately one of them. It's the story of a teenage girl growing up in 1960's London whose number one ambition in life is to get accepted into Oxford (a goal presumably more important to her father, played by Alfred Molina in one of his best performances). Her life is completely turned upside down when she falls for a charming, charismatic "man of the world" - a man who also happens to be nearly twice her age. I don't want to give away too much of the plot...not everything that happens is overly shocking, but it does have a handful of interesting twists and turns. The cast is what makes it such a great movie though: Carey Mulligan plays the teenage Jenny with a deft mixture of naivete and wisdom, while Peter Sarsgaard plays the oily David with an unparalleled charm. I wasn't expecting much from this one, but I was very, very impressed. Absolutely worth a watch. The Lost (2006) Not really a very good film...but for some reason I still enjoyed it. The script is pretty disjointed: the plot is all over the place, most of the characters are either underdeveloped or are introduced only to disappear for the rest of the film, the actors are all completely over-the-top...but I think it was Marc Senter's absolutely bat-shit insane performance as the psychotic Ray Pye that kept me interested. He's not a particularly likable or interesting character, but Senter gives such a bizarre, unrestrained performance that even for all the flaws of the film, he kept my interest throughout. Wouldn't really recommend this one - but it's an interesting flick for sure.
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