Movie · Comedy · Romance

A brilliantly book-smart young man heads to college bent on leading his school on a popular TV quiz show, only to get caught up in a series of personal entanglements. James McAvoy ('The Last King of Scotland') stars as Brian, the blue-collar brainiac whose rise up the social ladder at Bristol University hits a snag when he falls for an upper-crust beauty. But can he keep it together to achieve his lifelong dream: an appearance on the game show 'University Challenge'?

2006 · 1h 36m
Director Tom Vaughan

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A brilliantly book-smart young man heads to college bent on leading his school on a popular TV quiz show, only to get caught up in a series of personal entanglements. James McAvoy ('The Last King of Scotland') stars as Brian, the blue-collar brainiac whose rise up the social ladder at Bristol University hits a snag when he falls for an upper-crust beauty. But can he keep it together to achieve his lifelong dream: an appearance on the game show 'University Challenge'?

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Average 6.9
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Studio
Icon Film Distribution
Released
2006
Run Time
1 hr 36 min
Rated
12
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.