Willy Russell does a reasonably good job of transforming his witty play into a film script here, however the new supporting characters that he includes add nothing to the material, and the film really could have done without most of the scenes that involve them. Aside from that, a continuity error or two, and inappropriate choices of music choices, everything else is here is quite good. Caine and Walters are both superb, not overplaying their characters at all, which easily could have been done. Some of the best witty lines are preserved from the play, as are the ideas about switching teacher-student relationships. It is not a perfect film, and the material suits a two-character play much better, however this is still a great on-screen vision the play.
Review of Educating Rita
