"Wondrous is really about the mutual flowering of its characters. That flowering is given full bloom by a uniformly strong cast, but the movie ultimately belongs to Lindo." Washington Post
"A sweet coming-of-age tale......Wondrous Oblivion is grounded by its precise sense of place and easy good humor" Time Out New York
"Don't worry, knowledge of the game isn't required. Thanks to a wonderful Lindo and an impressive Smith, teacher and pupil are far more intriguing than the game they play." Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
"Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion, from his own screenplay, strikes a curiously cheerful note in these singularly cheerless times." New York Observer
"A charming story of cricket bringing a Jamaican family and their neighbours together has a heart the size of the Oval" Banner headline, Philip French, The Observer
"A fine match of will and grace... a well-crafted, warm-hearted coming of age drama... conveys a real sense of the wonder and discovery" The Times
"Howzat! Is this the new Billy Elliot?... Every now and then a British film gets it right, capturing a truth about the world we live in, along with the audiences imagination." Nick Curtis Evening Standard
"A particularly good film... It is Woof's fragile and delicately nuanced performance that opens the door to what Wondrous Oblivion is really about: race, immigration and marriage... the best British film I have seen so far this year" Matthew Bond, Mail on Sunday
"Once again a modest British feature is one of the week's high points... a lovingly crafted tale deftly mixing social history, personal drama and warm-hearted nostalgia... thoughtful, sensitively handled and expertly acted ... a poignant family film that brings the past vividly alive." Daily Express
"Fluid direction and some lovely, unaffected acting" The Guardian
"Wondrous cricketing tale that will bowl you over" Banner headline, David Robson, Sunday Express
"Wondrous Oblivion, the Cannes sensation ... set to be the thinking man's Brit-flick" Evening Standard