UK / USA,
2006, 96 min
Directed by:
Tom VaughanScreenplay:
David NichollsCinematography:
Ashley RoweComposer:
Blake NeelyCast:
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan, James McAvoy, Dominic Cooper, Guy Henry, James Corden, Rebecca Hall, Nicholas Gleaves, Simon Woods (more)Plots(1)
James McAvoy 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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A well-balanced mix of comedy, romance and drama with a soundtrack that couldn't possibly be bad, given that the film is set in 1980s Britain. Of the actors, I was most pleased with the excellent Benedict Cumberbatch, whose every look was worth it, and of the actresses, Rebecca Hall did it for me. The end of the knowledge competition was perfect.
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