Wondrous Oblivion
Palm Pictures | Release Date: November 3, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc 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
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
A gentle fable, full of wit and charm. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJim 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
70
Los Angeles TimesSam 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
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth 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
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyGregory 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
50
The New York TimesJeannette 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
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It loses direction, turning contrived and sentimental. There's even a touch of Frank Capra. Read full review
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