Wondrous Oblivion

Entertainment Weekly by

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.

Variety by Derek Elley

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

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.

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.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

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

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).

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

Lindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

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