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9 March 2007 (USA)
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Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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(20 articles)
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Leaves a smile on your face - plain and simple.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joseph Friend | ... | Young Brian | |
| James Gaddas | ... | Martin Jackson | |
| Catherine Tate | ... | Julie Jackson | |
| Mark Gatiss | ... | Bamber Gascoigne | |
| Robert Cawsey | ... | University Challenge Competitor | |
| Rasmus Hardiker | ... | University Challenge Competitor | |
| Guy Henry | ... | Dr. Morrison | |
| James McAvoy | ... | Brian Jackson | |
| James Corden | ... | Tone | |
| Dominic Cooper | ... | Spencer | |
| Simon Woods | ... | Josh | |
| Sule Rimi | ... | Marcus | |
| Joe Van Moyland | ... | Hippy at the Party | |
| Rebecca Hall | ... | Rebecca Epstein | |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | ... | Patrick Watts |
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Starter for Ten (UK) (alternative spelling)
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and a scene of drug use.
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92 min
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Anachronisms: Venus by Bananarama is playing when Brian gets home for Christmas 1985. The song was not released until mid spring 1986.
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References Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
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In Between Days
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Surveying the wreckage of numerous other such films - burdened at their outset with flimsy premises, one-dimensional characters, stale gimmicks that coast on the fumes of pop cultural trends, and implausible "meet-cute" situations - which could not be sustained even with big-name talent, inestimable budgets, and plague-like advertising campaigns, I was understandably sceptical as to how the "romantic comedy" aspect of this film might play out when I first sat down to watch it. In retrospect, I honestly couldn't have been more pleased. Rare indeed is the occasion when I have walked out of a theatre feeling unambiguously good about what I saw, believing that it was well worth the time and money I spent to watch it.
The story forming the basis of "Starter for 10" is handled with a great deal of humour, sensitivity, and intelligence. At no time did any part of it feel forced or contrived, nor was it condescending. Testament to this film's openness and accessibility, the emotional connection that I formed with the primary character (James MacEvoy - may he have a long and distinguished career ahead of him) was subtly cultivated throughout, reinforced by simple - yet heartachingly truthful - moments of confusion, awkwardness, uncertainty, and disappointment of the kind anyone might experience (and probably has) in similar circumstances. "Starter for 10" masterfully captures the spirit of that time in one's life wherein a person fully enters the world and begins to establish her- or himself as an individual.
So often, and unfortunately, it is the case that I see people on the screen with whom I cannot identify, in situations to which I cannot relate (this is typically due in part to the performers' overblown celebrity status and the general "Hollywood" gloss that is spread thickly over the top of everything). Not so where "Starter for 10" is concerned.
Perhaps it's no coincidence that "Starter for 10" references "The Graduate," since I believe it shall, in time, prove itself a worthy descendant of that film's legacy and subsequently receive the higher profile that it deserves.