My Oxford Year

someone better pay for my therapy, because I came here to have fun, not to cry my eyes out.

It was good and I loved both actors but I did not sign up for a tear jerker and they should not have marketed this movie as a romantic comedy! Sometimes you need a pick me up and I was looking to watch a fun, cute romantic comedy and THIS was NOT that!
Don’t watch this if you’re already down.

[spoiler] i thought this was a romcom and now i'm crying [/spoiler]

I'm not a cryer and i cryed so... yeah not cool 😭

This was more than I expected

It wasn't terrible.However, Sofia Carson's character deserved a better Actress. I lost interest because of how bad she played that role.

Not bad, not great. It's just alright I guess.
The movie and the book have big differences is not based on is inspired by.
Really wanted to believe the romance but there wasn't chemistry between the protagonists for me. But the places where it was film are gorgeous.

Horrible acting. Horrible writing. No chemistry. Corny, over the top, over dramatic, cliche. I swear some of the scenes in the end are AI-generated...(was that on purpose?). Not believable, not relatable. Cheesy and boring and so fricking slow and unecessarily long.

The best thing about this movie is that the guy is hot, the only thing that kept me watching. Which is why I feel okay giving it a 3/10 instead of like a 2/10.

I'm fine with the concept of a simple story and even a cliche one at that, if its told in a earnest, believable way with dialogue and acting that feels genuine and realistic (at least to some extent). And this was not that.

The only good thing about this movie was the Chappell Roan song at the end. The majority of the story gave me the ick. And yes it's giving Me Before You but with unlikeable characters.

My Oxford Year tries to sell itself as an emotional romantic drama set in a postcard-perfect setting, but neither its scenery nor its attractive cast can hide the obvious: this is a flat, prefabricated, soulless film. The story leans on every young adult romance cliché—improbable love, culture clashes, personal discovery—but does so with such lack of energy that it becomes frustrating.

The chemistry between the leads is almost nonexistent, turning every supposedly emotional moment into a weightless formality. Even the supporting cast, with seasoned actors who could add gravitas, seem trapped in a script that gives them nothing interesting to say or do.

Visually, it delivers, with Oxford and other British locations looking like a tourist brochure, but the pretty packaging can’t make up for the narrative emptiness. The film tries hard to feel moving, but everything comes off as artificial and forced, as if it were trying to force tears without earning them.

Ironically, one of its most memorable moments has nothing to do with the plot, but with the appearance of Coldplay’s Yellow, which at least stirs something amid the boredom. Beyond that, what remains is a forgettable exercise that doesn’t even qualify as a “guilty pleasure”—it’s simply dull.