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Educating Rita [DVD] [1983]

DVD ~ Michael Caine
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley
  • Directors: Lewis Gilbert
  • Writers: Willy Russell
  • Producers: Lewis Gilbert, Herbert L. Oakes, William P. Cartlidge
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Oct 2003
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CZVH
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,711 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Michael Caine and the knockout Julie Walters deliver a pair of wonderful performances in this endearingly bittersweet tale of a boozily burnt-out professor's tutoring of (and subsequent tutoring by) a free-spirited hairdresser determined to improve her lot in life. The basic plot won't exactly surprise anyone who's ever seen a movie before but the ace cast (particularly Caine, who's rarely this subtle) continually finds new directions to spin off from the rather rote path. Although the end result is perhaps just a little too convinced of its own adorability to attain classic status, this remains a rarity in the genre--a feel-good film that earns its emotions honestly. A nice change of pace for director Lewis Gilbert, who is perhaps better known for his contributions to the James Bond series. --Andrew Wright



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In Educating Rita, Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for dire straits. Rita (Julie Walters) is a frustrated young housewife and hairdresser filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction to one another. As Rita engages her teacher in a fuzzy romance, she matures and discovers a new side of herself, but in the end she must choose either her marriage or the magnetic Dr. Bryant. Educating Rita reunites director Lewis Gilbert with star Michael Caine, who also worked together in the 1966 drama "Alfie". Bryant's shortcomings as a drunk and a womaniser are detestable, yet Gilbert still allows viewers to empathise with his character--once again demonstrating that he is a master at both commanding the camera and at deconstructing the human heart.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute classic, 28 Dec 2001
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I am a great movie fan and a tough critic, but this is without doubt one of the best films I have ever seen. It is a real British classic. Julie Walters and Michael Caine produce excellent performances and a great on screen chemistry. Parts of the film made me howl with laughter. Julie Walters character is so witty and lovable. If you're any sort of movie fan then this is a film that you just HAVE to see!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I Have Seen This Movie 5 Times. And LOVED it Each Time, 25 Oct 2003
This review is from: Educating Rita [VHS] [1984] (VHS Tape)
An incredible love story where the two main characters never kiss. They love each other in different ways. It's also a tragedy. One of the characters has a fatal flaw, and you can see throughout the movie how the flaw will keep him from what he wants. He wants many things. Poetry. Love. Youth. Hope. The movie is also about choice, and about life. It is a laugh-out-loud comedy too. You Must See This Movie! What the heck. Just go ahead and buy it, like I did. It's well worth it.
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41 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars After 20 years - still a dazzler, 24 Jun 2004
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I have seen this movie just after it was released and I loved it then and I still do so now.

It seems to me that hardly a major British movie in the last 20 odd years hs been released not featuring Julie Walters. Here she is just phantastic. One has to admire her and Michael Caine's acting.

As a previous reviewer wrote this movie is about choice, the choice one aquires through education. But it shows as well that there are limitations to it: education does not make you per se more happy or a better person. Acquiring eductation requires determination, sacrifice, hard work and curiosity. Education can be used as well to shield oneself from the realities of life and hid oneself away in an ivory tower of intellecutual discussions. And above all eductaion is not just university education.
Here university professor (Michael Caine) and haidresser (Julie Walters) learn from each other and both change a lot through this process. And this is wonderful to observe. Reading what I just wrote it must seem to some that this movie is rather heavy. But that is not the case - it is entertaining and one laughs a lot!!!

5 stars in 1984 - 5 stars in 2004

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant film
This film was made more than a quarter of a century ago and I believe it has stood the test of time and has past with flying colours. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Mrs. Katie A. Wenman

5.0 out of 5 stars Now the kids have grown up.
For all those folk who felt cheated regarding secondary school education, watch this film, then sign up to a degree course-its never too late.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. S. Jones

3.0 out of 5 stars Well acted but lightweight and too long
Hairdresser's assistant Rita (Julie Walters) decides, for reasons that are never fully explored, that she wants to study for an Open University diploma in Literary Criticism, of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Triestino

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Response
Educating Rita [DVD] [1983]As usual the quality of the item is excellent and it was well packed and delivered the next day. My only reservation is in the payment procedure. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. D. Pithers

5.0 out of 5 stars Still brilliant!
Was compelled to watch this film having read Julie Walter's biography, having seen it many years ago. Great film and well worth a watch.
Published 6 months ago by Linda

4.0 out of 5 stars Didn't have the ending I expected... but still great fun!
After reading and thoroughly enjoying Julie Walters' autobiography, my attention was drawn to this film. Read more
Published 7 months ago by L. Felthouse

4.0 out of 5 stars On-screen Chemistry
Julie Walters & Michael Caine are magic together in this interesting and

entertaining piece. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bombalone

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth a Look
A lovely film. Michael Caine does a wonderful job playing the self-destructive but intelligent and warmhearted Dr Frank Bryant, and Julie Walters immerses herself in the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Síog

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Rita
Twenty-something Rita decides that hiding her Pill under the floorboards is a better option than starting a family. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2007 by Four Violets

5.0 out of 5 stars Education, education, education
This intelligent and thought-provoking film tells the story of Rita, played by Julie Walters, a woman who has grown tired of the trappings and mediocrity of working-class life,... Read more
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