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Wondrous Oblivion Reviews

2003

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Young Jewish eleven year old David Wiseman loves cricket. He has all the equipment, but unfortunately none of the skill. When a Jamaican family move in next door and set up a cricket net in the garden David can't believe his luck- they even offer to coach him.However, this is 1950s England, and when the neighbours start to make .. Read more

Starring	Sam Smith, Delroy Lindo, Emily Woof, Stanley Townsend
Director	Paul Morrison
Genres	Comedy

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- Eleven-year-old David Wiseman (Smith) is daft about cricket, but not terribly good at it. At school, he's plonked out... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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- - 10
  - 0
  What more could you ask for in a movie?
  
  A gentle comedy that doesn't thrust the race issue down your throat, although the intergration of black Caribbean's into white London is one of the ... read more »
  
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  - scramblingman
  - herts
  - 28 Sep 2004 at 19:30
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- - 0
  - 0
  Charming
  
  Totally charming film about racial issues (Jews & Negroes) with cricket the common bind, in early 60's Britain. Humourous, touching and emotional. Given... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Surrey
  - 06 Dec 2011 at 23:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  A lovely film which I thoroughly enjoyed.
  
  Those whio did not rate this film do not have a sentimental bone in their body.
  
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- - Dot
  - Leicestershire
  - 08 Aug 2011 at 11:20
- - 0
  - 0
  magical
  
  set in london in the very early 1960's it goes to show how the great game of cricket can bring down the barriers of different races and religion
  
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  - Guiseley, Leeds
  - 23 Dec 2008 at 09:26
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  - 0
  Wondrous Oblivion
  
  Good gentle comedy with a message.
  
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  - Stourbridge
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 18:59
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  Customer Review
  
  I have never seen a better sporting film than Wounderous Oblivion.I have found that it touched on a whole range of emotions.We found this film looking for a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 0
  - 0
  The Jewish/black Bend it Like Beckham
  
  This is a deeply naff film - but rather lovely too. The film centres on a naive and slightly simple middle class Jewish boy, obsessed with cricket and blind to ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 06 Jul 2007 at 10:09
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  Disappointing
  
  I fail to understand the good reviews other viewers submitted, but there you go, there is no accounting for taste.
  
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  - Slough
  - 18 Oct 2006 at 12:56
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  WORTH WATCHING.
  
  IF YOU LIKE INTERESTING , ENTERTAING FILMS, AND NOT ACTION, ACTION ETC, THIS FILM IS FOR YOU.
  
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- - JENNIFER DAVIES
  - HENGOED, SOUTH WALES.
  - 09 Aug 2006 at 16:19
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  A cool movie
  
  This started off slow but turned into a lovely movie that was just right for a dull rainy Saturday night.
  
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- - Waynesworldizm
  - 172 reviews
  - London
  - 22 May 2006 at 16:30
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  - 0
  Nice movie
  
  Steady family film - great for a sunday afternoon.
  
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  - N'ton
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 23:08
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- - 10
  - 0
  What more could you ask for in a movie?
  
  A gentle comedy that doesn't thrust the race issue down your throat, although the intergration of black Caribbean's into white London is one of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 310367
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - scramblingman
  - herts
  - 28 Sep 2004 at 19:30
- - 6
  - 0
  Wonderful
  
  Brilliant and touching. Don't know if this world ever existed but I enjoyed it all the same. You'll need kleenex for this one.
  
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  - Kent
  - 29 Oct 2004 at 17:05
- - 4
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  Catch this great DVD
  
  Cricket is merely the context for this analysis of racist attitudes towards afro-carribbean imigrants in early 1960's London.
  
  Not as punchy as &#... read more »
  
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- - JamesBond007
  - Kent
  - 06 Nov 2004 at 12:26
- - 4
  - 2
  Not bowled over by the title - good job the film has an innings of sorts...
  
  A film about outsiders, a film about the early 60s, a film about growing up - with a hefty slice of stereo-typing thrown in from the outfield. If that's ... read more »
  
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- - Pete Shuttleworth
  - Hemel Hempstead
  - 05 Jul 2005 at 00:34
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  Delroy Lindo for England Coach
  
  While this film could be accused by those with hearts of flint of being grossly sentimental, overly simplistic and as cheesy as a Dairy Lea slick I think in ... read more »
  
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- - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 15 May 2005 at 18:44
- - 3
  - 1
  Excellent
  
  This is a lovely film about a lonely little Jewish boy who is crazy about cricket (but hopeless at playing), the Jamaican immigrants who just moved in next door... read more »
  
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- - Alan
  - Shropshire
  - 21 Nov 2004 at 21:48
- - 2
  - 0
  Not too wondrous
  
  Wondrous Oblivion is a cricket fil based in the early 1960s that tries to deal with issues of race and predujice of the time. The film charts the relationship ... read more »
  
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- - Welshwaspy
  - 126 reviews
  - London
  - 26 Nov 2004 at 15:39
- - 0
  - 0
  A little gem
  
  Great feel good movie - which the whole family will enjoy. This film has it all - humour, human interactions and is topical. A little gem
  
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- - NICK STEWART
  - England
  - 01 Dec 2004 at 23:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Superb British Drama set in 60s London
  
  Set in 60s London, a young Jewish boy is mad about cricket but no good at it. Then a Jamaican family move in next door and the father teaches the boy how to ... read more »
  
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- 58035
- - a customer
  - Portsmouth , UK
  - 08 Dec 2004 at 14:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Poignant drama
  
  Sam Smith is wonderfully touching as a school boy who can't play cricket but lives in his own little dream world, and is eventually brought out of his shell... read more »
  
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- 58364
- - a customer
  - Birmingham, England
  - 10 Dec 2004 at 03:07

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Critics' reviews
- Eleven-year-old David Wiseman (Smith) is daft about cricket, but not terribly good at it. At school, he's plonked out... read more on Time Out
- 47318
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
- Affecting small-scale drama that captures immigrant experiences and period tensions.
- 34054
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- "...A life-affirming, heartwarming delight..." (Mariella Frostrup)
- 12679
- - Harpers & Queen
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...This little gem will bowl you over..." (Johnny Vaughan)
- 12681
- - The Sun
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...A most wondrous thing... a magical tale..."
- 12680
- - Now! Magazine
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...The next BILLY ELLIOT!"
- 12678
- - Daily Express
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00

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- Wondrous Oblivion
  
  Young Jewish eleven year old David Wiseman loves cricket. He has all the equipment, but unfortunately none of the skill. When a Jamaican family move in next door and set up a cricket net in the garden David can't believe his luck- they even offer to coach him.
  However, this is 1950s England, and ...