Review of Wondrous Oblivion (2004) by Laurence L — 27 Dec 2012

This is an uplifting, feel-good movie with a happy ending that I'd feel comfortable sharing with my grandchildren. Even, to an American, with no understanding of cricket, there is sufficient excitement and relation to the idolization of sports heroes that is common to our sporting traditions.

The racial and religious coloring, the demonstration of good instincts overcoming obstacles, the setting in working class England, the Jamaican and Jewish immigrants finding common ground in celebration of this most English of sports, all made for wonderful holiday entertainment.

I thought that the sexual tension was resolved in fairy tale fashion, and the movie seemingly ending in a "they went on to live happily, ever after" theme, was just kind of fable that I wanted to believe in, this holiday season.