Watch: Wondrous Oblivion 2003 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: David Wiseman is eleven years old and mad about cricket. He has all the kit but none of the skill. When a Jamaican family moves in next door the father starts giving cricket lessons to David, and becomes close to David’s mother. But this is 1960’s London, and when the locals start making life difficult for the new arrivals, David has to choose between fitting and and standing up for his new friends
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Wondrously Uplifting
This film is simply quite magical.Its subject matter is really racial hatred in Britain in the early 1960s, but it is done against the background of a Jewish boy being taught to play cricket by an Afro-Caribbean who has moved in next doors.
The charming script is matched by outstanding performances throughout, with Delroy Lindo being topped only be the young, and excellent Sam Smith.
Perhaps most rewarding of all is that there are no cop-outs in this film- the boy doesn’t get the girl and win the game. He has to make a choice, which is beautifully handled.
A beautifully produced story.
While this could never be considered a true masterpiece, as such, there’s plenty going for it. Richly textured, this film goes beyond the realms of superficiality, reaching for a wider base in its coverage of the issues at hand. The relations between the people in the neighbourhood are at once entertaining, riveting and tense – causing the odd chuckle and plenty of lurching in the stomach. The racial tensions and the unnerving line that is drawn between the events and other racial notables in history such as apartheid and the Nazi regime makes this a superb watch – there is one particularly chilling scene (that I will not divulge) that sends a massive shiver down the spine of the viewer. The characterisation is what really makes this film in terms of the actual watching of it, and no character is left without something to analyse on – making it an excellent English film text. Overall, a superb example of cinematic beauty.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 46 min (106 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
Director Paul Morrison
Writer Paul Morrison
Actors Sam Smith, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem
Country United Kingdom, France, Germany
Awards 2 wins & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras, Zeiss Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe
Film Length 2,904 m (Switzerland)
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji)
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)