After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Oscar and Lucinda has generally received positive reviews.
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Oscar and Lucinda was released in 1997 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 98 reviews, giving Oscar and Lucinda (1997) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 69%.
With a score of 67%, Oscar and Lucinda is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like U Turn, Private Parts and Soul Food.
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