Susan White is married and working as a hairdresser. Rita wants to join in a course at the Open University (OU) to learn about English Literature and to be educated even though she does not have much knowledge about it. She has a big problem with her husband Denny who urges her to have a baby as quickly as possible. However, she does not want to have a baby because she wants to find out what she can do first in her student life. Denny also opposes her decision to go to the university. In addition, Denny finds some pills that Rita is using to avoid getting pregnant. Therefore, he is very angry and burns some of the books that Rita is studying. Another problem that Rita has to experience is her tutor Frank Bryant because he is not able to teach students. He has a drinking problem. In the movie Frank is usually drunk. Even so, Rita wants to be educated by Frank.
An important aspect of the movie is when Frank wants to turn Rita into an educated member of society and he sees how quickly she learns. For that reason, Frank falls in love with his own creation. Later, Rita has to move to a room with Trish. She is Rita’s flatmate. Rita changes her job to work as a waitress. Later, Frank and Rita grow and learn from each other. Frank learns with the help of Rita that he is able to see the mess of his life. Julia, Frank’s girlfriend, is cheating with Brian, Frank’s colleague at the university. Frank recognizes it because they are always lying. For example, when Julia and Brian are kissing one night and Frank is entering the house Brian takes the telephone to talk. However, that morning Frank had disconnected it. At the end of the movie a wonderful thing happens. This is when Rita cuts Frank’s hair to allow him to see himself in a new way.
This film shows different issues which are happening today in our society. “Educating Rita” shows that if you want to be educated, you must experience changes in your life. Being educated does not mean just being intelligent or responsible. Being educated really means that you should change yourself in a positive way and be mature. This film can also teach that an educated person is someone who is independent and free in his/her life or his way to study. I sincerely say that “Educating Rita” has helped me to motivate myself to study what I want and is important to me even though I do not have much knowledge about it. The part that I did not like was when Denny burned Rita’s books because she does not want to have a baby. This scene represent that Denny is destroying Rita’s future and vocation.
In conclusion, “Educating Rita” is a good film. This movie explores many different issues related to class, education, students and professors. Rita gets what she wants to do at the Open University. There are a lot of problems that Rita has to confront. Rita changes her life with the help of Frank and vice versa. This film is very interesting and important because it helps you to understand what education means. This film has taught me that education is a process and that an educated person is someone who has changes in his life. Education makes us a better person in our culture and society. It also makes us intelligent, curious and less ignorant. This movie shows the relationship between Rita and Frank that is very interesting because in the beginning Frank does not want to teach Rita literature. However, at the end of the movie Frank teaches Rita literature and a lot of aspects that she needs as an educated person.
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