

Wondrous Oblivion
2004 · Movie · 1h 46m
Drama
"A wide-eyed boy in a narrow-minded world."
Overview
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
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
61/100
Key crew
- Paul MorrisonDirector
- Paul MorrisonWriter
- Ilona SekaczOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sam SmithDavid Wiseman
- Emily WoofRuth Wiseman
- Stanley TownsendVictor
- Delroy LindoDennis
- Leagh ConwellJessop
- Dominic BarklemPritchard
- Yasmin PaigeLilian
- Richard AshtonW.G. Grace
- Tom RobertsJames Bryce
- Hugh MitchellHargreaves
- Bruce CookWicket Keeper
Stills
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Themes
london, englandcricketnew neighborimmigrant family1960ssouth londonchild protagonist























