Starter for 10 (2006)

MovieDrama, Comedy, Romance1h 36m
Starter for 10 (2006) movie posterReview score: 64%

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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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James McAvoyJames McAvoyBrian JacksonAlice EveAlice EveAlice HarbinsonRebecca HallRebecca HallRebecca EpsteinCatherine TateCatherine TateJulie JacksonDominic CooperDominic CooperSpencerBenedict CumberbatchBenedict CumberbatchPatrick WattsJames CordenJames CordenToneMark GatissMark GatissBamber Gascoigne

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