Product: Educating Rita (UK) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]
Rating: 5.0
Really, Really Nice!
Working-class and bored hairdresser Susan (who calls herself 'Rita') seeks inner growth by enrolling in a course in English Literature. There Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine), middle-aged, career alcoholic academic, becomes her tutor. Susan impresses Dr. Bryant with her earnestness and energy, and he re-examines his attitudes in life. Susan, in turn, adopts a freer lifestyle, which then brings back Bryant's bitterness and cynicism.At the end, Dr. Bryant's drinking gets him banished to Australia, while Susan declines his offer to accompany him and sets out for a new life of her own - with many new options.