An Education

Sometimes it’s better to be street smart than book smart, we’re often told by adults. An Education is a coming of age film which was based on the autobiography of British journalist, Lynn Barber. Set in the 1960’s period of London, Jenny Mellor a 16-year-old brilliant girl is in high school and is finally making her way into her dream school, Oxford University. She has stellar records, incredible potentials, high grades, and competitive extra-curricular activities until one day she meets David Goldman. David is may seem like a sweet talker until she learns he is actually a conman.. He mesmerizes her by charming her parents, and her friends into gaining a liking towards him. He brings her out to places she has never seen before. David enchants her with trips to Paris, Oxford University, the local nightclubs, and fancy restaurants that she could never even fathom. The once reserved, conservative girl suddenly saw her education as conformist and eventually, useless. Once David proposes to her, she leaves her education behind to willingly spend the rest of her life with him. Yet, not all good things could be said of this conman, because he kept a secret that he hid so well. What do you think David hid? And did Jenny make the right decision to leave school to be with this man? Watch An Education to find out.