Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he's a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David's family is caught in the middle, and he has to choose between fitting in and standing up for the new f... (Full plot summary below)
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Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he's a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David's family is caught in the middle, and he has to choose between fitting in and standing up for the new friends who have turned his world upside-down.
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| Upstage MagazineKam WilliamsA touching rite-of-passage flick which simultaneously sends several valuable messages about friendship, fidelity, tolerance, and reaching for the stars. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerLindo gives a powerhouse performance of immense feeling and subtlety. |
| Los Angeles TimesSam AdamsAiming 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. |
| Hollywood ReporterRay BennettWithout the attractive young women and with a game far less exciting to the uninitiated, Oblivion lacks the spark of [Bend It Like Beckham]. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyIt's a delight to see Delroy Lindo -- perpetually cast as tough cops and tougher crooks -- playing a tender father and decent (if struggling) husband. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonYou don't have to know anything about the sport of cricket to be charmed by Wondrous Oblivion, a British film that is finally getting a well-deserved theatrical release after opening the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 2004. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaEvocative, beautifully photographed and skillfully directed. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsWondrous Oblivion is a timeless tale of an 11-year-old South London boy putting aside boyish things. Writer-director Paul Morrison affirms PG-rated life lessons that could appeal to 11-year-olds and their elders alike. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerDon't worry, knowledge of the game isn't required. Thanks to a wonderful Lindo and an impressive Smith, teacher and pupil are far more intriguing than the game they play. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordI didn't know which of Wondrous Oblivion's story threads I should care about so I cared about none. |
