Oxford Blues

Name: Oxford Blues
Genre: Drama, Sport, Comedy
Released: August 24, 1984
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 19
Cast: Alan Howard, Ally Sheedy, Amanda Pays, Aubrey Morris, Cary Elwes

1984

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MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Release Date: August 24, 1984 | PG-13

Starring: Alan Howard, Ally Sheedy, Amanda Pays, Aubrey Morris, Cary Elwes, Gail Strickland, Julian Firth, Julian Sands, Michael Gough, Rob Lowe

Summary: A young American hustler pursues the girl of his dreams to Oxford, where he must enroll to obtain her.

Director: Robert Boris

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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Lawrence Van Gelder

The scenery, however, is handsome, and Miss Pays is indeed the sort of beauty who might have inspired Fitzgerald. But on the subject of credible motivation, Oxford Blues is likely to have left him depressed. Read full review

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Director-writer Robert Boris fails to establish a consistent tone to make his fairytale story believable. Read full review

Gary Arnold

Oxford Blues, the latest refinement in abysmal youth-pandering movies, suffers first and foremost from that modern filmmaking malady: The No Exposition Blues. [01 Sep 1984, p.B2]

Bill Cosford

The few bright spots in Oxford Blues, including the handsome cinematography, are like the raisins in the tapioca: They just don't help. [24 Aug 1984, p.C10]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This is a sort of remake of A Yank At Oxford (1938) without any of that film's charm or humor. Lowe passes off arrogance as a cute personality quirk, and the whole movie plays like just another teen-oriented exploitation effort, replete with sex and booze. Read full review

Rita Kempley

An ill-conceived and unsuccessful romantic adventure set in jolly, collegiate England. [24 Aug 1984, p.20]

Staff (Not Credited)

Funny and moral? Nah. Tiresome? You bet. Read full review

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