Wondrous Oblivion Critic Reviews

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Based upon 5 Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | G. Allen JohnsonAdd Critic to Favorites

A gentle fable, full of wit and charm.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Sam AdamsAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Entertainment Weekly | Gregory KirshlingAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites

Form and content fight to the death in Wondrous Oblivion, Paul Morrison's defiantly gauzy tale of racial friction in 1960s England.Read the full review

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