Starter for 10

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Big Questions [Posted on 2008-07-14]
Tom Vaughn who's next romantic comedy was "What Happens in Vegas" directs James McAvoy from The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition) & Atonement (Widescreen Edition). As Brian Jackson, McAvoy plays the small-town lad who heads to university only to have romantic heart trouble which makes his head all mushy. Mushy-headed, he screws up the famous quiz bowl with an ethical lapse before clearing his head, finding the right girl and answering the big questions. Catherine Tate plays his mother Julie Jackson, intent on finding a new romance after the son leaves home. Off at college, Brian meets Alice Harbinson played by Alice Eve. Eve is in "Crossing Over" with Harrison Ford. As Alice Harbinson, she's a brainy stylish woman who sets Brian Jackson's heart throbbing. Eve invites McAvoy's character for New Year's. Unfortunately, Brian smokes some funny stuff and makes inappropriate comments when he accidentally runs into Alice's naked parents at the fridge. Charles Dance from Gosford Park and Lindsay Duncan from Under the Tuscan Sun (Widescreen Edition) bare all briefly as Michael and Rose Harbinson. Back to college, Brian's friend Spencer played by Dominic Cooper shows up and beds Brian's girl. This leads Brian into a tailspin which is only turned around when he realizes that Rebecca Epstein, played by Rebecca Hall who was in The Prestige, is the girl for him. The DVD extras are interesting as we see interviews from the cast and director. "Starter for 10" entertains, although hardly groundbreaking. Enjoy!

Trip down memory lane [Posted on 2008-10-02]
This movie was an exercise in nostalgia for me. I attended an English university not long before this movie takes place in 1985 so there was a lot that was familiar. Having said that, it's a fairly entertaining hour and a half that never tries to go very deeply into the characters. There is some muffled social commentary in there somewhere but basically this is a movie about a rather straightforward, likable young man trying to get to grips with the world. First he falls for the wrong woman, the blond, and then for the right one, the political activist. Like a lot of movies, it doesn't promise very much but it delivers what it promises.

Not so great [Posted on 2008-10-06]
Even with Tom Hanks involved, this doesn't make the grade. A quiz-show caper, it lacks suspense. The love interests are only minorly interesting. The soundtrack of 80s Brit hits isn't bad, though. Watch if you're really bored.

early James [Posted on 2008-11-05]
see James McAvoy earlier in his career. . . . he's wonderful, but I didn't buy the story line, pretty depressing ending. . . .unless you are determined to own all of his movies, I'd rent this one.

A perfectly-tuned romantic comedy [Posted on 2008-11-17]
This is one of the rare romantic comedies in which intelligence is what attracts people to each other. It also has one of the all-round best casts in a film since BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS and a lesser-known American comedy called THE BAXTER, both of which should have won whatever prize casting directors get.

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