Genres: Comedy | Drama Countries: UK Actors: Michael Caine Dr. Frank Bryant Julie Walters Rita, aka Susan Michael Williams Brian Maureen Lipman Trish Jeananne Crowley Julia Malcolm Douglas Denny Godfrey Quigley Rita's Father Dearbhla Molloy Elaine Pat Daly Bursar Kim Fortune Collins Philip Hurdwood Tiger Hilary Reynolds Lesley Jack Walsh Price Christopher Casson Professor Rosamund Burton Denise Directors: Lewis Gilbert IMDB Rating: 7.1 out of 10 (3866 votes)

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1: A comedy about a teacher and a very memorable student [Video Australia]

2: Frank Bryant is a professor of literature. And Rita is his newest student. A hairdresser who thinks Macbeth runs the local pub. And Hamlet is a plate of eggs with cheese. He's a failed writer who has given up on his life. She's determined to change hers by getting an education. And the more she loves to learn. The more he learns how to love.

3: Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.

Plot Summary: 

A young wife decides to complete her education and take her exams. She meets a professor who teaches her to value her own insights while still being able to beat the exams. The change in her status causes friction between her and her husband. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}

Bored with teaching undergraduates English literature, Frank Bryant morosely reflects through a whisky glass on his failed marriage and his attempt at becoming a poet. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rita, a hairdresser who has decided to find herself by taking an Open University course. Excited by her freewheeling and acute observations, and - let’s be honest - by Rita herself, Frank also feels a deep sadness as he watches her warm impulsive reactions being replaced by the sort of cold analytical approach he so much loathes in other students and colleagues. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}

Rita crashes into Dr. Frank Bryant’s life wanting an education, although she has no idea what it is that she’s asking. Her brash sincerity earns the respect of the doctor who has previously resigned himself to a life of empty lectures and booze. Rita’s character is a breath of fresh air for Bryant and he begins to care about someone, or something for that matter, for the first time since his wife left him. As each begins to wake up to life in their own way, the story comes to a close as an inspiring tale of self discovery and of the power choice that comes through education. Written by Kristoff

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