Educating Rita 1983 by AverageMansReviews

Educating Rita 1983 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/Nazi gesture/burning/drugs/attempt suicide/medical

A good education is important : briefly; we meet Rita White/another name [Julie Walters:] she is a hairdresser that wants more out of life than just to be the status quo of these times meaning, after getting married pushing out a baby and being a housewife, so to get an education in English/English Literature from Dr. Frank Bryant [Michael Caine:] he is an English Tutor at this university, he does lessons and one-to-ones; Open University, but he does have such a tiny problem with drinking though.

General speaking: the storyline/script is good; it has a good layout; I know this film comes from the 1980s, so this kind of background music is fitting of those times, but then again we have these moments where this background music does absolutely nothing for the film and trust me when I say you will know it when you hear it, because it is so dominating and off putting when it is in effect; it really does stick out like a sore thumb; it really does absolutely suck!  but other than that the framework and pacing of this 106 minutes film is good.

Art and character development; set designs, wardrobe and accessories are excellently thought out to Indicate a clear distinction between an individual of a working class while it is of a higher class, simultaneously we have one individual that is spunky But not stupid, yet the other is articulate, self-destructive and reckless, the best dialogue exchanges take place in his office/study; as in this location they talk about the world and how it is and obviously literature

Comedy, character developments and performances;  for the vast majority of this movie we have a running gag, which involved a stational telephone, which eventually we do get a payoff, on top of the character development I have already discussed as the person I would some of this content with we also have at some point  this change of dynamics of roll reversal between our lead partnership, the surrounding characters and their performances on both counts are really solid and likeable versions of what they are meant to be. But individually or together our lead partnership have been smooth and sparky chemistry, which makes this film what it is and without this sparky chemistry I would take a guess that this film really would have struggled to function; so this partnership is absolutely priceless for it authentic sparky chemistry, which I hasten to add for most of this movie it is non-hostile.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; yes absolutely the background music is highly annoying, but by and large after taking everything into the consideration what with The individual and/or the partnership of our leadership of Waters and Caine; they are the driving force behind the success of this movie and this should be absolutely no surprise, but this film has some awards accredited to its name such as; 6 Winners which includes but not limited to BAFTA Awards 1984 BAFTA Film Award Best Actor Michael Caine and Best Actress Julie Walters. 8 Nominees which also include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 1984 Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role Michael Caine and Best Actress in a Leading Role Julie Walters [all together this film has 3 Oscar Nominations to its name.]