Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Shivajyoti Kundu Wondrous Oblivion is a movie, which is basically about, um, well, Wondrous Oblivion. Philosophies aside, its a very nice natured movie about a young boy, who aspires to be a cricketer, but is a no good at it. It is based on racism, on the minorities living in modern day Britain. It features this kid, who is a scorer in school, though mad about playing it. He has a horde of cricket cards and plays with them at home. Things take a turn, when the next door neighbors come in, and they happen to be immigrants from Jamaica. With cricket in their blood, the next door family, creates a cricket practice nets in their backyard. Yound Mr. Wiseman starts to go there to practice, and soon becomes one of the best players of his team. But in a misunderstanding, which leads to the rift between the families. Amidst all this both families get warnings from nearby hooligans, until they set the immigrants' house on fire. This is a movie, from which we can learn lots of things. With cricket being a backdrop, treated as the universal language of the society, it hints at the message of anti racism. The movie shows a Jewish family and a Jamaican family getting together well. Cricket fans will love cameos of the cricket cards and Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Frank Worrell. Also the exquisite cricket match at the Oval. Its a nice film, British is every aspect. With no nonsense camera work, or some typical Hollywood fashioned stunts. It's just a simple story, with some pleasant background music, proving a point. What more can you ask from a movie ???A richly deserved 8/10 !!!

nicholas-salerno Wondrous Oblivion, United Kingdom-Germany, 2003, d. Paul Morrison, 106 m. "Heartwarming" is perhaps overused in describing films, but it's certainly apt in this case. In 1960's England an unathletic young boy and his family bond with a Jamaican family which has moved into the neighborhood and built a cricket court in their backyard. Many of the neighbors are horrified at this infiltration of their turf by a Black family, but young David seizes the opportunity to learn cricket skills from the skilled Dennis. As the bond between the two families grows, so do the problems. The ending may surprise you. Think of "Wondrous Oblivion" as this year's "Bend It Like Beckham." Though the film is sometimes strident in expressing its anti-racism theme, still the best word to describe it is, yep, heartwarming.—Nick Salerno.

simon-bousfield My wife and I both enjoyed Wondrous Oblivion very much. I am a cricket lover but she loathes the game. I was apprehensive that she would be bored by too much concentration on cricket but that was not so. The 1960 sets were brilliantly portrayed and the script very good and thought provoking. I went to a private school in 1956 and the cricket scenes were very true to life.At my school,very often if a boy did not show an aptitude for the game, the sports master just gave him the job of scoring without trying to coach him to be better,as happened in the film.It was lovely to see Dennis spend time with David so that him skill at cricket so improved.We give the film 10 out of 10- excellent.

sarahcyn A sensitive and well-made study of the impact of two waves of immigrants on London communities: the first in the form of a young family of German-born Jews driven out by Hitler, the second in the form of their new neighbours from Jamaica. Cricket is the medium which draws together young cricket-mad David and his new neighbours - especially the cricket-made father and daughter of the family. But the friendship also leads David's young mother, neglected by her workaholic, decent and God-fearing husband, to develop a crush on her more warm-hearted, more vibrant but also decent and God-fearing West Indian neighbour whose habit of spending all day in a string vest and more free-and-easy manner is something of a contrast with her husband's straightlaced attitude and permanent uniform of woolly cardigan. Both David and Ruth fall to the temptation to exploit their new friends: David uses Judy to help him improve his cricket, Ruth attempts to use Dennis for the sexual satisfaction she is missing out on as her husband works all hours to improve the family's fortunes (and send his children to expensive schools). But when Judy turns up at David's birthday party he turns her away; and when Ruth makes a pass at Dennis, she is politely but firmly repulsed. This is a lovely film that deserves to be remembered; it is very accurate of the period full of good little touches but also has a strong, positive ending in which both couples, and both families, become stronger and closer despite their diverging paths, as the enmity of the local racists draws them together in near-tragedy.