Starter For Ten (DVD)

My other half is a big fan of British films, so when he saw this film in Sainsburys, I knew he'd want to watch it. We were then browsing in the library this past weekend and he saw it on the shelf and quickly told me to check it out. I thought it sounded quite good, its not often we find a film both of us want to see! We watched it that night and it was definitely a film we both enjoyed, so much so he wants to buy a copy for himself! Brian Jackson ...
...Essex. He's about to leave home to go to Bristol University, something he and his mum Julie are very proud of. Brian arrives, and settles in to life there. He tries out for University's University Challenge team and makes it through. He gets close to fellow team member Anna, and the pair strike up a friendship. As their slot on University Challenge nears, will Brian and co be able to make it? And will poor Brian ever find love? Billed as a comedy, ...

mummy2harry 14.10.2008 · Read full review
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...really looking forward to watching Starter for 10 after having read some positive reviews about in on both Dooyoo and Ciao! and also because it's British. I sat down to watch it last night with my husband, and although it was a reasonably enjoyable film, it sort of left me feeling well 'what was the point of that?' At the centre of the film is Brian Jackson (played by James McAvoy). He's an ordinary sort of lad from an ordinary seaside town in Essex ...
...University. At the beginning of the film we learn that he has a huge fascination with general knowledge and loves the programme University Challenge with a passion. When he gets to Bristol he mnages to get on the team to take part in the quiz. He also falls for one of his extremely attractive team mates, whilst befriending a few other colourful characters along the way. It's hard to say what the film is about really. I sort of expected it to be ...

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Quiz buff Brian has been obsessed with accumulating knowledge ever since he was a little boy. And it stands him in good stead when he wins a place at Bristol University in the mid-1980s. But there is one thing he knows absolutely nothing about; girls. Things start to look up when he gets a place on the University Challenge team where he meets privileged and gorgeous Alice. But he's so dazzled by her he barely notices the smart, sassy and politically ...
...to make his widowed mother proud. The whole world seems to be on a nostalgia trip for the 1980s and "Cold Feet" director Tom Vaughan is no exception with this Bristol-based comedy. To give him his due, his re-creation of the era is spot-on. From dodgy student digs to quad protests, skin-tight denim and big hair, it's all there. The representation of the old "University Challenge" set is flawless, right down to the tinny theme tune and Mark Gatiss' ...

afy9mab 21.02.2007 · Read full review
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Starter for ten was a DVD that my Wife bought and it had been sat on our shelf whilst we waited for our new DVD player to arrive, as we couldn't get any of our DVD's to play at all on our old one. I have to admit I wasn't that bothered if I saw it or not and was actually slightly grateful that I was managing to hold off on this one for a while! However, as soon as the new DVD player arrived my Wife insisted that we watch this as she has been wanting ...
...in the cinema in fact but she hadn't managed to go and see it. She was so desperate to see it because she has the book and really wanted to see the film! So one evening we sat down to watch it with me not expecting much but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised and overall glad that I had actually ended up watching this film!! The story of the film is about a guy named Brian, played by James McAvoy, who is pretty average - not very attractive ...

peteandcesca 26.03.2008 (20.03.2008) · Read full review
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