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Wondrous Oblivion
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Family/Kids | Foreign
Written by: Paul Morrison
Directed by: Paul Morrison
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 3, 2006
DVD: March 20, 2007
Running Time: 106 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / Germany
Language(s): English / Hebrew
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Sam Smith, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Townsend, Emily Woof, Richard Ashton, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, and Yasmin Paige
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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What The Critics Said
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Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
Generally, thanks to solid performances and very nice cinematography, it hits, if not a home run, at least a solid double (or the British equivalent).
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Sam Adams
Aiming for the tough-minded nostalgia of John Boorman's "Hope and Glory," writer-director Paul Morrison catches both the innocence of childhood and its unconscious cruelty.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jim Ridley
If writer-director Paul Morrison's film traces a predictable arc from racial unease to acceptance, it's often winning--and sometimes tough-minded--in the details.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Good intentions and some nicely playful moments go a long way toward balancing out Paul Morrison's uneven story of British immigrants in the early 1960s.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirshling
Wondrous Oblivion goes awry in its sloppy racial drama, and although the cricket-training montages are good, they're still training montages, and this is just that kind of overfamiliar movie.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Form and content fight to the death in Wondrous Oblivion, Paul Morrison's defiantly gauzy tale of racial friction in 1960s England.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
It loses direction, turning contrived and sentimental. There's even a touch of Frank Capra.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
