This film is based on memoir written by Lynn Barber. In the early 1960's, sixteen-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. Because of her father Jack's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford. He wants her to have a better life than he had. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also she is naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life are her issue with learning Latin and her dating a boy named Graham. He is nice, but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman. He is a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper. Also that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities that she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her.
This is a smart 1960s-setting drama written to explore a teenager's efforts to define her future. This includes making a mess of her well-laid plans. She becomes involved in a relationship with a sophisticated man nearly twice her age. Virginity, education, class distinctions are all up for discussion and questions. There are mature themes but older teens should get a lot more out of the movie. There's some sexual content with implied nudity and intercourse, kissing and some risque discussions. Also, some era-accurate social drinking and smoking. Personally, I found the relationship between Jenny and David to be a situation that needed parental intervention!! I also thought the age gap between 16 and more than 32 years older was too much of a stretch!! 3* (This movie is OK)
100 min, Drama directed by Lone Scherfig and written y Lynn Barber and Nick Hornby with Care Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling, Connor Catchpole, Matthew Beard, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Ellie Kendrick, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Nick Sampson, Kate Duchene, Bel Parker.
Note: Imdb 7.3* out of 10* with 128,998 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 93% with 196 critic reviews 80% with 50,000+ audience scores, Metacritc 85 out of 100 with 34 critic reviews 7.8 out of 10 with 230 user scores, Common Sense Media S. Jhoanna Robledo 4* out of 5* age 15+.
Special Note: The creative team were initially worried about casting the 22-year-old Carey Mulligan in the role of a 16-year-old but they were convinced by her screen test. Rosamund Pike reportedly really wanted the small part of Helen because "no one ever lets me be funny." Director Lone Scherfig says she experimented with giving the actors and actresses options during scenes. For instance, she told Peter Sarsgaard that if he felt like it, he could start a conversation with an extra playing a doorman in one scene. This was despite there not being any written dialogue. Orlando Bloom dropped out a week before filming began. Dominic Cooper had previously been in talks and he replaced Bloom. In the beginning of this movie, Jenny's fringe is neatly parted. As she becomes more and more involved with David, her fringe starts to descend until it is completely down. This shows she is now a part of his world. Then, as she starts to move away from him, her hair becomes parted again. In the beginning of the movie, Jenny's hair fringe is neatly parted. As she becomes more and more involved with David, her hair starts to descend until it is completely down. This shows she is now a part of his world. Then, as she starts to move away from him, her hair becomes parted again.
Mistakes: When Jenny finally passes her A levels, she mentions grades. This film is set in 1961 and A level grades were first introduced in 1963. Although, when she's studying at home, it is implied that a significant amount of time passes. It is unlikely to have taken her beyond 1962 when, essentially you either passed or failed GCE exams. In the Youth Orchestra scene, the orchestra is playing Elgar's so-called Third Symphony. At the time that the film is set, this Symphony had never been played and simply existed as sketches which were unfinished at Elgar's death. It was not until 1998 that the composer Anthony Payne edited the sketches and enabled the Symphony to be premiered. St John's, Smith Square, was bombed in 1941. The restoration didn't commence until 1965 and was completed in 1969. It didn’t become a concert venue until nearly a decade after the time setting for this film? When David has a drink for "Dutch courage" in his car he takes the wrapper off the bottle of wine and then makes another movement like unscrewing the cap. Screw tops weren't found on bottles of wine in the 1960s.
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