Frank + Rita

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Get real, there's no future with a drinker. Only grief.

My wife thought they should end up together, and might do so after a separration, if he could quit drinking. For myself, I can see where she had grown beyond the need for him, and needed time to develop and find out all about herself before she commited to anyone at all again.

Without reviewing the film (saw it 15 yrs ago, still seems fresh in my mind), I'd say no.

They had nice chemistry as student-teacher, as human-human, and as hairdresser-friend. Why ruin it with a love affair that won't last? The thing is, she's still evolving...and so is he.

I have to say that I agree,

I'm glad they didn't end up together. It would have made the ending too typical & cliche.

I agree with the film's ending and am glad that they were two people that could touch each other's lives and have an influence but without it being driven by sex.

We are all motivated by sex and biology and evlotuion have a hand in it...but really, must we sleep with everything - old, young, opposite or same sex - in order to feel satisfied? Don't get me wrong, sex is great. But I'm refreshed at Educating Rita having focused on the advanced idea of human growth potential rather than our insipid sex drives.


You've gotta raise your hand and say I don't understand
And there are days when you get an answer

It was dangled out there, and the possibility remains in our imaginations that they might someday.