Educating Rita

Educating Rita is a gem, created by the fertile pen of Willy Russell who dresses the downtrodden in layers of self-respect rather than Mike Leigh’s forced caricatures.

To the degree that Educating Rita does work, the credit goes to Michael Caine, who plays a man weary and kind, funny and self-hating.

...this is a poignant if predictable take on the English class system, buoyed by an effervescent performance from Walter...