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Dominican Rep. Starter for 10
- Original title
- Starter for Ten
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- David Nicholls. Novel: David Nicholls
- Cast
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James McAvoy
Alice Eve
Rebecca Hall
Charles Dance
Lindsay Duncan
Dominic Cooper
James Corden
Catherine Tate
Mark Gatiss
Benedict Cumberbatch- Simon Woods
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy
- Synopsis
- It's the mid-eighties. Brian Jackson (James McAvoy) is a working-class kid starting his first year at an upper-class British university. Brian has some pretty big goals for his freshman year: he wants to debate radical political philosophies, speak new languages and sop up fact after precious fact. But one aspiration looms over and above all of these goals - Brian is hell-bent on becoming a contestant on the popular British television game show "University Challenge." He feels he has a lot to prove, and he needs a national forum in which to do it.
This is a tale about the particular growing pains we suffer in university - an environment where identities are lugged around and leafed through like so many library books. As Brian tries to cram his brain full of scholarly morsels ranging from literature to physics, his head is turned by alluring fellow student and "University Challenge" team-mate Alice Harbinson (Alice Eve). After a spate of missteps, he decides the only way to win Alice's affection is a spectacular victory on the show: everything will ride on his "advanced general knowledge skills."-
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- Awards
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2006: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nominated for Best New Director
- Critics' reviews
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"Despite its awkward title, 'Starter for 10' is a winning coming-of-age tale told with grace and charm."
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"A surprisingly agile and delightfully warm romantic comedy."
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"A mildly enjoyable romantic comedy."
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"Starter for 10 is cute and smart, just like its star triangle, and it's also well-written, acted and directed."
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"The main novelty of this conventional, slight, but charming youth picture is that it's English and therefore more class-conscious than most American equivalents."
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