Film200692 min

Starter for 10

Name: Starter for 10
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2006
Duration: 92 min
Cast: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate, Dominic Cooper

Taste attributes: comedydramaromancepoliticaldetectiveteenfasttried & testedrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers all

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Boxlist takeExpect an intimate, emotional romantic comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 292 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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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