Do not go thinking this is a substantial movie ...it isn't ..but it is a really enjoyable couple of hours telling some interlinked themes ..a really naive american visiting Oxford and its magic on a journey to maturity: an evolving tortuous love story between the very priggish lead character and another student who is far too nice for her but is infatuated : and a confliction in the lead character's mind about embracing life and/or religious belief . The film is based on a memoir by Carolyn Weber who came to Oxford in the early 1990's and the production has done a good job of recreating that era which has been mostly destroyed . The acting encompassing young relative newcomers and cameos from legendary english actors is exemplary .The music is beautifully chosen and sets the mood . Well worth seeing.
Review of Surprised by Oxford
