Written by James M. Tate / 7/29/2011 / No comments / eighties , michael caine , romance
MICHAEL CAINE & JULIE WALTERS IN EDUCATING RITA
1983 rating: *** |
Julie Walters |
When she winds up at an out-of-town college, causing him to sink back to the bottle, the movie hits a slower, less interesting stride. The dreamlike, synthesized score, popular in 1980's British films, seems more fitting to a low budget sci-fi, and the side-characters… including Caine’s cheating wife and lover, and Walter’s dimwitted husband and artsy best friend… are merely one-dimensional. But the two leads, having no other options but each other, carry the film: only they don’t have enough scenes together later on. Based on a play that sticks to one setting with two characters, perhaps this should have been as contained, especially with the talent involved. Although Walter's cadence of speech gets annoying, but Caine, as usual, remains sublime throughout.
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