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Starter for 10
2006
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
52–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90. Critics average 80, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Tom Vaughan
- Writer
- David Nicholls
- Based on
- a work by David Nicholls
- Studio
- Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions
- Released
- 10 November 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- PG-13
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