As the leaves begin turning, it's time for a new British drama. It has been over a year since the latest Downton Abbey movie came out, and Call the Midwife finished releasing its latest season this spring. Fans of such fare will be happy to know that a new film coming out on Wednesday has…
As the leaves begin turning, it's time for a new British drama. It has been over a year since the latest Downton Abbey movie came out, and Call the Midwife finished releasing its latest season this spring. Fans of such fare will be happy to know that a new film coming out on Wednesday has everything they might want: a romance, references to Romantic writers, and the beautiful architecture of Oxford, England.
Based on the memoir of the same name, Surprised by Oxford tells the story of Carolyn Drake, who leaves a troubled past behind to pursue a doctorate in literature at Oxford. The plot follows our heroine as she falls in love with a fellow student and finds her way to Christianity.At a party, Caro meets Kent , whom she refers to as TDH . He’s a Christian, a fact that is clumsily introduced through a text he receives from a friend: “Got a girl for you to meet.
It does suffer from some clunky and oversimple narratives: For instance, when she was young, Caro’s father got hauled away by the authorities on multiple felony charges, and now she’s scared to trust another man. Downton Abbey’s Phyllis Logan plays Provost Regina Knight, who becomes a mentor to Caro and whose wisdom and sense of peace through adversity make her a pleasant foil.
Mark Williams of Father Brown and Harry Potter fame plays Professor Nuttham, a kindly scholar who chides an unprepared student by recounting to his class a story about 18th-century poet Alexander Pope. Pope gifted the prince of Wales a dog with a cheeky inscription on its collar: “I am his Highness’ Dog at Kew; / Pray tell me Sir, whose Dog are you.”“Indeed,” Nuttham agrees, adding, “We all, consciously or unconsciously, bend the knee to something greater than ourselves.
Surprised by Oxford will be a crowd-pleaser for Christian audiences and the British-comfort-show crowd. The plot is predictable, but maybe that’s a good thing. As the film seems to say of the Christian faith, life’s better when you know what happens at the end.
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