58
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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60
Full of charming moments, but swinging hither and thither between mainstream entertainment and an over-cooked anti-racist tract.
63
New York Daily News by 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.
50
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Form and content fight to the death in Wondrous Oblivion, Paul Morrison's defiantly gauzy tale of racial friction in 1960s England.
75
As lightheartedly as the film plays, Morrison manages to say quite a few serious things about immigration and otherness.
75
Portland Oregonian by 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
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.
50
It loses direction, turning contrived and sentimental. There's even a touch of Frank Capra.