Wondrous Oblivion
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  • Summary: Set in England during the 1960s, this film follows a cricket-obsessed boy who unwittingly gets caught up in racial tensions when he befriends his new Jamaican neighbors. (Palm Pictures)

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    75
    As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    A gentle fable, full of wit and charm.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    75
    Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    60
    Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract.

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