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Wondrous Oblivion

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Wondrous Oblivion reviews
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9.4 User Score:

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)

What The Critics Said

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75

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.

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75

TV Guide Ken Fox

As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness.

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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).

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75

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

A gentle fable, full of wit and charm.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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60

Variety Derek Elley

Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract.

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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.

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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.

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50

New York Post V.A. Musetto

It loses direction, turning contrived and sentimental. There's even a touch of Frank Capra.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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