Review of An Education (2009) by Weisberger — 26 Jan 2011
Having missed this in theaters was glad to see it on Netflix instant - anticipated an excellent film. Boy was I disappointed and weirded out. The premise is absurd - older guy semi-stalks 16 yr old and then gets her parents' permission to not only date her but etc.
So on that level quite pervy and bizarre. Add to that the older guy is "a Jew" who is rather shady on several levels, and his Jewishness is made a central theme. So we have a pervy older Jew corrupting a beautiful young thing with her parents' blissful encouragement.
Please - this is supposed to be charming? It's perverse. Yuch.
This review of An Education (2009) was written by Weisberger on 26 Jan 2011.
An Education has generally received very positive reviews.
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