Starter for 10
2006 · Movie · PG-13 · 96 min · ★ 6.4 · 80% critics
In 1985 Britain, a scholarship student arrives at a new university determined to make the team for a beloved televised quiz show. As he chases academic success, he also gets pulled into messy friendships, class tensions, and confusing romance, forcing him to figure out who he wants to be beyond just knowing the right answers.
Also known as Starter for Ten
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-09-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (446 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, nostalgic British coming-of-age rom-com with quiz-show stakes and awkward romance, in the vein of About a Boy; Not for you if you dislike predictable plots or culture-specific humor.
Pros: breezy coming-of-age humor; charming cast; nostalgic 80s music | Cons: predictable story beats; middle drags a bit; very British humor
Themes
- scholarship
- fight
- politics
- protest
- quiz
- love
- marijuana
- university
- theft
- injury
- cheerful
Cast & crew
James McAvoy
as Brian Jackson
Alice Eve
as Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall
as Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate
as Julie Jackson
Dominic Cooper
as Spencer
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Patrick Watts
James Corden
as Tone
Mark Gatiss
as Bamber Gascoigne
Guy Henry
as Dr. Morrison
John Henshaw
as Des
Directed by Tom Vaughan