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If you were ever curious how a bad director can destroy the work of two talented actors and a slight, but funny, script, you need look no further than Educating Rita. [28 Oct 1983]
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The film doesn't transcend its genre, but it's an honorable achievement within it.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The plot is ''Pygmalion'' warmed over, but Michael Caine and Julie Walters give sparkling performances, and director Lewis Gilbert keeps the action humming along.
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The New York Times by Janet Maslin
The essentially two-character play has been opened up to the point that it includes a variety of settings and subordinate figures, but it never approaches anything lifelike.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Jay Scott
The achievement of Educating Rita is a function of the distinguished performances, the agreeably archetypal situation and the scissor-sharp lines. [23 Sep 1983]
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Educating Rita, which might have been a charming human comedy, disintegrated into a forced march through a formula relationship.