The Oxford Murders

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

Released: 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 )
  • 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 )
  • 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.
  • November 18, 2008
    Boring and predictable.
  • April 15, 2009
    It has some great actors in it, but it is so flat most of the way through that if it was a person you would shake them to get more of a response out of them! I really felt for Burn Gorman too whose character was dubbed (by himself I'm sure) really badly throughout the film so whe... ...( read more )

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