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    Educating Rita

    PG1983 · Comedy drama · 1h 50m

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  1. The movie stars Michael Caine as a British professor of literature and Julie Walters as the simple Cockney girl who comes to him for night-school lessons. She has problems: She is a working-class punk with an unimaginative husband.

  2. Rita (Julie Walters), a married hair stylist in her 20s, wants to go back to school. She begins studying with Dr. Bryant (Michael Caine), a professor using alcohol to cope with his divorce.

    • (17)
    • Lewis Gilbert
    • PG
    • Michael Caine
  3. Parents need to know that Educating Rita is a BAFTA-winning British dramedy about diversity and class that's based on a successful stage play by Willy Russell. Rita (Julie Walters) is a positive role model who overcomes hardship through a love of learning, strength, and courage.

    • Columbia Pictures
    • Lewis Gilbert
  4. Oct 28, 1983 · Review. Featured review. 8/10. Heart-warming and funny drama. Michael Caine and TV favourite Julie Walters shine wonderfully in this film, which tells the story of 26-year-old Rita (Walters) wanting to discover herself by attending the Open University, where alcohol dependant Dr. Frank Bryant (Caine) is a teacher.

    • (15K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Lewis Gilbert
    • 1983-10-28
  5. Both Caine and Walters won Best Actor and Best Actress awards for their performances (at the BAFTAs), and the movie itself won Best Film in 1984, and one look at Educating Rita tells you why. It's a film that's simply full of warmth and charm.

  6. Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards.

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  8. Is Educating Rita a good film to watch? Educating Rita's bumpy start belies an emotionally resonant film that brings Willy Russell's acclaimed play to life on the big screen. With outstanding performances by Michael Caine and Julie Walters, the movie explores themes of personal growth, transformation and the power of education.

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