2006 · 96 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance
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.
Directed by Tom Vaughan. Starring James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate and Dominic Cooper.
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