Starter for 10 (2006)

6.4

Drama Comedy Romance

92 min min

2006

James McAvoy Alice Eve Rebecca Hall Catherine Tate Dominic Cooper

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.