Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

treeline1 Rita White (Julie Walters) is a spunky, 26-year old working class woman who wants to improve her lot. She enrolls in a special Open University class and meets with her tutor, Frank (Michael Caine) once a week to study great literature. Frank, who spends his days in an alcoholic haze, is at first intrigued and later enthralled with the outspoken Rita.This is a wonderful showcase for the talented and adorable Julie Walters. She is dazzling and thoroughly likable and every word spoken in her thick Liverpool accent rings honest and true. Caine lets her shine by downplaying Frank, who is hopelessly morose and more than a bit lazy. Both were rightly nominated for best acting Oscars.The inevitable transformation/ improvement of both characters is sweet and uplifting without being overly-sentimental. Walters, best known these days as the matronly Mrs. Weasley in "Harry Potter," is so young and pretty and lights up the screen with her charisma. Recommended.

kshitij (axile007) Educating Rita astonished me with the simplicity of its theme. Those of you who have not watch this movie, let me tell you Educating Rita signifies the aspect of relationship, which is purely based on interest & knowledge. Two people of different lifestyle meet, their ideology matches and they started to enjoy each other's company. Everyone is unique in his/her own way, then they grow up meet different person but end up hooking with someone who shares the same special interest as they do. But these are theories let me emphasize on the movie.....Rita a young married woman believes that her life means more than just getting married and having kids, and thus to learn more about life and herself ,she starts taking literature lessons from a boozing professor who was a victim of loneliness. He discovered that Rita is different from most of his students. Her pretty straightforward way of approaching the life amused him to the extent that he started longing her company. The content of the movie is specifically rich as it creates viewer's interest in plays and novels associated with literature. Acting is pretty natural and goes in flow as story progresses. Educating Rita is a warm tale of two people who seeks meaning of life in each other's presence

moonspinner55 British comedy-cum-character study with 'something meaningful to say'. Screenwriter Willy Russell adapted his stage play about a flighty hairdresser (Julie Walters) getting more than just an education from boozy, burnt-out professor Michael Caine--she learns to appreciate and nurture her own intellect. The pace is easy-going, with our heroine getting brighter with every misty montage, yet the process of teaching--or actually learning something through dedicated study--is not dramatized...it isn't even attempted. Russell brings the focus back to the growing mutual admiration between professor and student, and the classroom is ultimately just a backdrop, a ploy to bring these colorful characters closer. Performances are professional and solid, but the cloying scheme of this picture is sentiment-driven. ** from ****

palexandersquires This is a very good Story, about Susan White (Rita), who is 26, she should of had a baby, but first of all, she wants to discover herself. or her inner soul. So She goes to the nearby Collage. There she meets this drunken teacher Frank Bryant. We see him looking for a certain book, "The Lost Weekend" by Charles Dickens, behind that we see a bottle of whisky. He drinks quite a lot of it, just before he is about to give a lesson to a room of 20 young Students.He does not listen to a Student when he asks Frank a Question, He just stares out into space. I quite like it when in one of his lectures, he says:"did you see Peer Gynt on the radio" he annoys the Bursar and is warned about his drunkenness, to which he shouts "Sod Them!" I like the music and I think that Julie Walters and Micheal Caine, is a very good combination here we have two good actor and actress roles and one good story, You never get tired of seeing this film, and This Film is British to the core! I think that Denny, should of been more supportive to his wife, Susan does say to Frank that Denny is "Thick" I also like the quote: Wouldn't you simply die, without Marhler" I also think that the record player should of switched itself off like mine does!