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Starter for 10
From the producers of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, comes a rollicking bittersweet comedy about British university life in the '80s. James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland) stars as Brian, a working class student from Essex navigating his first year at Bristol University with a ragtag group of new friends. Brian's life-long dream is to join the team for the British quiz show University Challenge...and to pull Alice, the fittest girl on the team. Set against the backdrop of Thatcher-era Britain, defined by the music of New Order, The Cure and The Smiths, Starter for 10 is the UK's long-awaited, heartwarning and hilarious answer to the John Hughes films of the '80s. more
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- Posted: Nov-17-2008
A perfectly-tuned romantic comedy
This is one of the rare romantic comedies in which intelligence is what attracts people to each other. It also has one of the all-round best casts in a film since BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS and a lesser-known American comedy called THE BAXTER, both of which should have won whatever prize casting...
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- Posted: Nov-05-2008
early James
see James McAvoy earlier in his career. . . . he's wonderful, but I didn't buy the story line, pretty depressing ending. . . .unless you are determined to own all of his movies, I'd rent this one.
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- Posted: Oct-06-2008
Not so great
Even with Tom Hanks involved, this doesn't make the grade. A quiz-show caper, it lacks suspense. The love interests are only minorly interesting. The soundtrack of 80s Brit hits isn't bad, though. Watch if you're really bored.
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- Posted: Oct-02-2008
Trip down memory lane
This movie was an exercise in nostalgia for me. I attended an English university not long before this movie takes place in 1985 so there was a lot that was familiar. Having said that, it's a fairly entertaining hour and a half that never tries to go very deeply into the characters. There is some...
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- Posted: Jul-14-2008
Big Questions
Tom Vaughn who's next romantic comedy was "What Happens in Vegas" directs James McAvoy from The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition) & Atonement (Widescreen Edition). As Brian Jackson, McAvoy plays the small-town lad who heads to university only to have romantic heart trouble which makes...
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- Posted: Jun-18-2008
Ruined by an artsy ending
I guess it was realistic and artsy to give depressing ending to "Starter for Ten." Good acting but the director was clearly in a split mind as to what kind of film he was making. The film starts with the promise of 'about a boy, but looses its way. The actor playing Bamber Gascoin must have been...
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- Posted: Jun-01-2008
Disappointed
I love James McAvoy, but I wish I could say this was a great movie. Although there were a few humorous scenes, the movie was, overall, disappointing. McAvoy did play the character well, but the storyline was my biggest issue. Watching this move made me feel more awkward and uncomfortable than I...
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- Posted: May-26-2008
"A Nerd As Charmer"
This is a slight film, but one well worth seeing for the fine performance by James McAvoy. A plain-looking nerd who goes off to college seeking to distinguish himself both as academically knowledgeable and, at the same time, as a ladies' man, he must strike a chord in the hearts of thousands of...
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- Posted: Apr-14-2008
8 out of 10
Very funny and cute. I would have liked it to have a little more depth all around, especially between McAvoy and the woman he eventually falls in love with.
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- Posted: Apr-06-2008
Wonderful
I love this movie. It was funny, witty and warm. You can see that James McAvoy starting to grow an an actor. He's absolutely charming and exuberant.
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