Product: Educating Rita (UK) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]
Rating: 5.0
A classic.
This film is wonderfully enriching, energising and fresh.It's hard to believe it is now 22 years old.Caine is the perfection as the cynical and alcoholic Frank, a jaded University lecturer who's life is changed by the presence a gutsy, gritty and uneducated hairdresser, Rita (Walters)an enthusiastic Open University student who is a world away from the usual privelaged teenagers he teaches.This was Walters first real outing as a Film actress and all the passion and commitment she brings to her roles are truly in evidence here. Rita's growth and self discovery through literature study enlivens the drunken Frank so much it is evident he has fallen in love with her, but Rita has other plans for herself and the couple spectularly fall out.The end of the film concerns itself with the resolution of their freindship and both seeking out new lives. It's harsh and beautiful in equal measure and Walters and Caine set the screen alight with dynamic chemistry. A must see!