Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Previous editions
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Peter Sarsgaard
A charming film based on the bio by English journalist Lynn Barber, a richly observed coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s.
Mulligan provides a wonderful central performance as 16-year-old Jenny, a young lady going places – to Oxford and a glittering musical career – who is one day given a lift by smooth and dubious playboy David (Sarsgaard) who opens up a seedy, ‘sophisticated’ world for his much-younger conquest.
The times have been recaptured to perfection and, ultimately, the only fault lies in the ordinariness of the story … young, impressionable girl in the clutches of a questionable older man.
Star Rating: 4/5
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