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Oxford Murders
- Genre: Thriller
- Film running length: 108 min
- UK release date: 25/4/2008
- Directed by: Alex de la Iglesia
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Distributor: Odeon & Sky Filmworks
Who´s in it?
John Hurt, Elijah Wood
What´s the plot?
‘The Oxford Murders’ asks only one question: “Can we know the truth?”
An enigma is all that stands in the way of solving a spate of gruesome murders in the sleepy university city of Oxford. But when Professor Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) is next on the list he knows his time is beginning to run out.
‘The Oxford Murders’ mixes elements of suspense from ‘Psycho’ with the code breaking drama of ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
‘The Oxford Murders’ – Showing at ODEON.
An enigma is all that stands in the way of solving a spate of gruesome murders in the sleepy university city of Oxford. But when Professor Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) is next on the list he knows his time is beginning to run out.
‘The Oxford Murders’ mixes elements of suspense from ‘Psycho’ with the code breaking drama of ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
‘The Oxford Murders’ – Showing at ODEON.
BBFC Consumer Advice Contains strong language, moderate sex and violence.
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Latest customer reviews (from a total of 5 reviews):
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Reviewer: ilovefilms
Date: 28/04/2008
I had been looking forward to this for several weeks. What a disappointment. It was like a convoluted poor tv drama. If it had been on TV I would have switched it off.
A truly great rubbish film
Reviewer: Ex John Hurt fan
Date: 26/04/2008
Having been a real fan of John Hurt since his incredible performance in Alan Parker's "Midnight Express" - this film is truly a mess.
From the opening over acted performance from the old lady right through - it's cast simply didn't act!! .. or can't. It gave the appearance of a local amatuer theatre performance and the sets seemed to confirm this. The director's pan shot were all over the place and in some situations seemed out of focus.
I agree with the other cinema goer's comments on the "sex" scene and who ever heard of a guy snogging his nurse girlfriend in the hospital corridors. Very odd - especially as he only met her the day before.
Actually it was so bad - we walked out and I havent done that before.
From the opening over acted performance from the old lady right through - it's cast simply didn't act!! .. or can't. It gave the appearance of a local amatuer theatre performance and the sets seemed to confirm this. The director's pan shot were all over the place and in some situations seemed out of focus.
I agree with the other cinema goer's comments on the "sex" scene and who ever heard of a guy snogging his nurse girlfriend in the hospital corridors. Very odd - especially as he only met her the day before.
Actually it was so bad - we walked out and I havent done that before.
On par with a daytime telly mystery.
Reviewer: Bored4
Date: 26/04/2008
The guidelines above for writing this review mention describing both what I liked and disliked about this film, unfortunately its only possible to write about the latter.
The process for coming up with this entire movie derives from having read an intelligent book, then choosing a great English actor (thinking that'll carry the film), throwing in a well known hobbit for clout and then working backwards whilst throwing in a bit sex and a few shocking disability scenes for impact. What a lazy mess.
By the time Elijah Wood had raised his eyebrows for the 50th time to express sincerity in his acting I was ready to leave the cinema. With a ‘genius’ Spaniard ventriloquist where he himself appeared to be the dummy, thanks to some horrific dubbing, and a carbon copy detective from your typical daytime TV mystery this film was destined to disappoint.
The plot was rather transparent, as are the actors, there was a twist or two but they mainly came from readjusting myself in my seat as I cringed at the ‘mystery’ slowly unraveling itself to me and there was a distinct lack of intelligence in this ‘intellectual’ thriller.
“Tell me martin, are you the butterfly?” No Arthur Seldom, you are surely seeing as you inspired the boy’s interest to come to England in the first place. What a clever line…
The process for coming up with this entire movie derives from having read an intelligent book, then choosing a great English actor (thinking that'll carry the film), throwing in a well known hobbit for clout and then working backwards whilst throwing in a bit sex and a few shocking disability scenes for impact. What a lazy mess.
By the time Elijah Wood had raised his eyebrows for the 50th time to express sincerity in his acting I was ready to leave the cinema. With a ‘genius’ Spaniard ventriloquist where he himself appeared to be the dummy, thanks to some horrific dubbing, and a carbon copy detective from your typical daytime TV mystery this film was destined to disappoint.
The plot was rather transparent, as are the actors, there was a twist or two but they mainly came from readjusting myself in my seat as I cringed at the ‘mystery’ slowly unraveling itself to me and there was a distinct lack of intelligence in this ‘intellectual’ thriller.
“Tell me martin, are you the butterfly?” No Arthur Seldom, you are surely seeing as you inspired the boy’s interest to come to England in the first place. What a clever line…
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Total ratings: 14
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