Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep go head to head again, while a troop of sky-diving nuns aren't enough to save Harmony Korine
At last month's Baftas all eyes were on Carey Mulligan, who was up for two awards: Leading Actress, which she won to rapturous applause, and Rising Star, which she lost to the shrug-shouldered Twilight star Kristen Stewart. Yet despite Stewart's victory (which she graciously – and correctly – attributed to the fanatical loyalty of the "Twi-Hards"), Mulligan was the real star of the evening, her presence sparking critical plaudits and paparazzi flashbulbs in equal measure. Right now, she seems set to become the UK's biggest screen export.
An Education (2009, E1, 12), which catapulted Mulligan to such prominence, is an agreeably old-fashioned affair – a coming-of-age tale about a brainy girl being led astray by a slick'n'sleazy older man. The setting, efficiently evoked by Danish director Lone Scherfig, is London in the all-but-swinging 60s.
At last month's Baftas all eyes were on Carey Mulligan, who was up for two awards: Leading Actress, which she won to rapturous applause, and Rising Star, which she lost to the shrug-shouldered Twilight star Kristen Stewart. Yet despite Stewart's victory (which she graciously – and correctly – attributed to the fanatical loyalty of the "Twi-Hards"), Mulligan was the real star of the evening, her presence sparking critical plaudits and paparazzi flashbulbs in equal measure. Right now, she seems set to become the UK's biggest screen export.
An Education (2009, E1, 12), which catapulted Mulligan to such prominence, is an agreeably old-fashioned affair – a coming-of-age tale about a brainy girl being led astray by a slick'n'sleazy older man. The setting, efficiently evoked by Danish director Lone Scherfig, is London in the all-but-swinging 60s.
- 3/7/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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