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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 69/100. Scores higher than 80% of the 3,250 2000s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic69/100
464 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom VaughanDirector
- David NichollsScreenplay
- Blake NeelyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James McAvoyBrian Jackson
- Alice EveAlice Harbinson
- Rebecca HallRebecca Epstein
- Catherine TateJulie Jackson
- Dominic CooperSpencer
- Benedict CumberbatchPatrick Watts
- James CordenTone
- Mark GatissBamber Gascoigne
- Guy HenryDr. Morrison
- John HenshawDes
- Elaine TanLucy Chang
- Simon WoodsJosh
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