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Wondrous Oblivion
Palm Pictures
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Drama
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Family/Kids
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Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Paul Morrison
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paul Morrison
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 20, 2007
Theatrical: November 3, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
106 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / Germany |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
English / Hebrew |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.
75
TV Guide
Ken Fox
As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness.
75
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).
75
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
A gentle fable, full of wit and charm.
70
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.
70
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.
63
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.
60
Variety
Derek Elley
Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract.
58
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.
50
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.
50
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
It loses direction, turning contrived and sentimental. There's even a touch of Frank Capra.
 The average user rating for this movie is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
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