Starter for 10
Starter For 10 is a bittersweet comedy about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom, following working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) as he navigates his first year at Bristol University.
17 October 1960, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
28 June 1979, UK
22 August 1978, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
1973, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
12 May 1968, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
1980, England, UK
17 June 1960, Ragworth, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, UK
1985, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
1983, London, England, UK
April 18, 2011
...a perfectly watchable (yet far-from-memorable) romantic comedy/coming-of-age story.
August 26, 2008
A sweet, funny nostalgia trip back to the '80s for the anglophile in all of us.
September 22, 2007
There's nothing here we haven't seen done better before.
April 05, 2008
James McAvoy delivers a star turn as Brian, a kid from the country obsessed with becoming smart.
March 16, 2007
Some nice performances and modest laughs highlight this amiable British comedy about a young man who goes off to Bristol University in the mid-'80s and does what young people naturally do when they go to college.
September 22, 2007
This is expertly crafted entertainment that follows all the beats of a traditional romantic comedy, but it's done with such sincerity that it's difficult to begrudge the odd descent into cliché.
March 16, 2007
Written by David Nicholls, adapting his own novel, and directed by Tom Vaughan, a British TV veteran making his feature debut, Starter for 10 clips along smartly.
September 22, 2007
[The film] bears many of the hallmarks of teen comedies, but also boasts virtues not generally associated with the genre, such as wit, class consciousness, multidimensional characters, and a penetrating intelligence.
November 20, 2008
Pure feel-good romantic nostalgia, whether you lived in 1980's London or not.
September 27, 2007
There is an utter lack of visual energy at every turn, like every single take in the final cut was the last shot on that day of shooting.
December 04, 2007
Conventional, slight, but charming.
June 25, 2008
Sharp jokes and heady nostalgia ensure it will at least please a wide audience.
