Anna Massey, Burn Gorman, Elijah Wood

A young student goes to Oxford to study but becomes intrigued by a murder that takes place where he lives.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Alex de la Iglesia

Release Date: January 18, 2008

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  • April 5, 2009
    Silly, pointless and ridiculous, this wannabe-noir British mystery failed in every single thing it tried. The script is overly convoluted, the plot twists surreal and the ending just funny. It was so exhausting and tiring I wanted to scream and Elijah Wood's good, old Frodo...( read more)> days are gone. I wouldn't recommend it. This whole Pi meets DaVinci Code meets Alphabet Killer meets Gosford Park is simply too idiotic to handle.
  • March 28, 2009
    In the opening scene, John Hurt?s performance gave promise of a potentially good film, however, as the Cluedo like plot emerged, it became clear that John Hurt, Elijah Wood and Tom Conti?s talents were wasted on such an amateur film. It certainly wasn?t all bad, but when we talk...( read more) Oxford murders, straight away we are reminded of such TV Dramas as ?Inspector Morse? and it?s spin off ?Lewis?, both giving off the impression of a classy and stylish Drama and in reality this falls way short in comparison.
  • March 16, 2009
    Very english murder mystery.Nice performance for hurt and wood.Is a bit dull in places but other wise a ok movie.Like it if you are into miss marple or inspector morse crime mysterys.
  • May 8, 2009
    ¨The Oxford Crimes¨ is not pretentious at all so even when is not incredible is distracting, good for a weekday at home or watch it after lunch.
  • November 18, 2008
    Boring and predictable.
  • October 5, 2009
    I just watched this, and found it quite brilliant....all those mystery, twists and stuff. I guess I could say it was a decent movie, but a little hard to follow with all those mathematical explainations and numbers! Another thing I didn't like was the ending. I was hoping somethi...( read more)ng else would happen, and not leave the story....unfinished. I mean, what happened to the other people? Like Lorna? If you HAVE watched it, you probably know what I mean. And well, perhaps it doesn't deserve 5 stars....yet not just 1 star either.
  • October 5, 2009
    This biritsh murder mystery has much to be desired! Its confusing with all the maths talk that just makes me feel dumb although i quite enjoyed the storyline it was a bit far fetched towards the end that just made this film seem pointless boring and ridicullas!!
    Wood and Hurt ga...( read more)ve goos performances but they cant save this over smart boring movie!!
    Wood comes from overseas to study mathmatics and wants to learn from Hurts character who is the best professor of maths! but when they discover a body of Hurts best friend they go on a mystery hunt for a murderer!
    Although it isnt predictable they story and plot is not enough to save this movie! BUt i would give it a watch just for the fun of it!
  • October 3, 2009
    Even if you liked murder mysteries, you'd feel let down after this. Although quite clever,and the chemistry between Hurt and Wood was great. The film was boring with a pointless relationship between Wood and Watling!
  • July 14, 2009
    an original take on murder mysteries, and might I add.. on life as well. I like playing 'round with philosophy on life, so does this movie.. is it the butterfly or is it math? you decide.. this movie really does not help much in answering it though.. but hey, thats life!
  • July 14, 2009
    Not as impressive as i was expecting

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