Starter for 10
Dvd release date: 07/31/2007
Starring: James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall
Director: Tom Vaughan
Category: Romance
Rated: PG-13
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. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *** (out of four)
USA Today: ***1/2 (out of four)
Overall: *** (out of four)
Tags: james mcavoy, rebecca hall, romance, starter for 10 dvd, tom vaughan