Starter for 10

Name: Starter for 10
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

United Kingdom, United States · 2006
Rated PG-13 · 1h 32m
Director Tom Vaughan
Starring James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol, he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

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Los Angeles Times by

If the journey is familiar, at least the company is good.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

A mildly enjoyable romantic comedy.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

A surprisingly agile and delightfully warm romantic comedy.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

There's a tidiness and affection to this British homage to John Hughes movies.

The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin

A beautifully observed coming-of-age story.

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

McAvoy succeeds in making the boy's mania for trivia endearing rather than annoying. As his (delayed) love interest, Rebecca Hall, playing a campus radical and the first Jewish person he has ever encountered, is stunning.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Jolly good show.

The Hollywood Reporter by Richard James Havis

The film successfully replicates the mellow charm of Brit hits "About A Boy" and "Love Actually."