Style: Romance
Director: Iain Morris
Starring: Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott
Operating Time: 113 minutes
Synopsis: American Anna (Sofia Carson) heads to Oxford College for one yr of poetry research, with a plan to return to the US and begin a place at an funding financial institution. At Oxford she shortly develops an attraction to her stand-in professor and Physician of Philosophy pupil Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest). Anna believes their affair is only for enjoyable, however then discovers extra about Jamie, inflicting her to query her life’s plans.
What Works Nicely: The Oxford places are picturesque, though the outside settings are additionally suspiciously devoid of individuals. Too little and altogether too late, the ultimate 5 minutes lastly discover an emotional resonance.
What Does Not Work As Nicely: The writing believes it is intelligent for a seemingly sensible American younger lady to get enthusiastic about consuming fish and chips and experiencing a pub setting – as a result of English tradition is so international and unique. Everybody pretends {that a} romantic relationship between a professor and his pupil is A-OK, and all the Oxford instructional expertise is proscribed to 1 chill class – ample for a pupil to then develop into a professor. Finally, the already skimpy plot aimlessly meanders from romance to tragic illness (however everybody all the time appears to be like so wholesome) full with father-son points, and trite you-don’t-plan-life-because-life-plans-you fake profundity.
Key Quote:
Jamie: Poetry could be taught, however actually, it needs to be tried. Enable it to vary your life.
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