Magnolia Pictures' Video On Demand service so either one would be sufficient. But for a plot twit and excellent performances by John hurt and Company make The Oxford Murders a good enough thriller transformed by acting.

movie a great advantage because more characters means more details which will take the focus away from the main story which is finding the murderer.

tour inside and I am pleased: reality is always less gratifying than imagination because I found Oxford ancestral and Gothic but also old and not very magical.But the movie is interesting and asks good questions for those who like to ponder: numbers, maths exist by themselves or only in man's mind?For those who like crime stories, I think this movie is rather unique because the twists are really great! At last, the cast is wonderful: Wood as McGuire has good manners thus seem sympathetic fellows, Hurt bears wisely his age and Waitling is hard to forget when like me, you watch the movie on a hot summer night!

Jetson's cartoon. Anyway, enough ranting about people who can't grasp the depth. The acting wasn't bad at all I found. Of course Elijah acts different, which I see not everybody likes, but you need to respect the fact he's an actor. We all got to know him as "the guy from Lord of the Rings". Well, newsflash, in his defense he won't be acting the same way in this "smart" movie as he did fighting off monsters with a smaller vocabulary. He plays an intelligent role this time around. I can't say I know of 'anybody' who could figure out what happens in the end. It 'is' indeed a very deep plot, they twist your mind so much into understanding what's presently going on, you don't have a lot of time to think of what's going to happen. Well I'm tired, bedtime. If what I said doesn't all make complete sense, that is why. Goodnight, and I hope you enjoy the film :-

subtly that you don come to know that it could be seen from this angle too. Definitely recommended to all the movie enthusiast for extraordinary direction,marvellous acting and a brilliant story comprising maths and history.

character, not at all who basically follow the classical thoughts about "the perfect murder" and in the philosophical search for absolute truths.Being a fan of de la Iglesia, whose sense of humor is well known and pretty easy to recognize, I am quite happy to see that he is also able of making a genuine mystery film, with everything you expect to see on it, twisted arguments, funny characters "Podorov", and of course, Dominique Pinon from, among others, Delicatessen and a extremely good film-making, nice sequences, good mystery music, etc.To me, being a bit of a geek, the mathematical references are too obvious, the series shown are too well known, they are nice nonetheless, but for instance why to talk about Fibonaci numbers which were also in the 'Da Vinci Code' when one can talk about many other nice and funny series? On the other hand being a mystery movie's lover one always enjoys the sequences which are clear homage's to previous classics, pay attention and you'll enjoy.Let me end up by mentioning the very nice work of Leonor Watling you may have seen her before in, for example Almodovar's "Talk to her", her meaning she , who, apart from being a really good actress, of being extremely beautiful and attractive is also a pretty good singer! It was quite a pleasure, being Spanish myself, to see her playing an important role with such a great casting! So, watch it by yourself, the first "serious" Alex de la Iglesia movie, and he does a pretty good job!

also I found there was no chemistry between them, they both did a great job only shadowed by John Hurt's impressive performance. This is really a film not to miss.

focuses on Oxford University in particular. American student Martin has travelled to Oxford to study mathematics; the main reason for him being there is Arthur Seldom; a brilliant professor lecturing at the University. He tries to get the teacher's attention in a lecture and ends up looking silly; but they meet again a bit later when they discover the dead body of Martin's landlord. This leads to an investigation into a possible serial killer when it emerges the professor received a note forewarning of the murder.Director Álex de la Iglesia succeeds in capturing what I imagine the atmosphere of Oxford University to be like. Not in terms of the style of the film; but certainly with regards to the pretentious snobbiness of the plot. It's clear that the plot does think itself very clever; but in many ways it is. The film introduces us with a handful of main characters, and then gets into the action rather quickly. Once the mystery begins, we are fed with a slew of red herrings; each with a legitimate reason for committing the crimes, and thus keeping us guessing throughout. The lead role is taken by Elijah Wood; who is surprisingly effective with his portrayal; it's easy to believe he's an ace maths student. The real plaudits have to go to John Hurt, however, who gets his snarling performance spot on. There's rather a lot of maths talk that the vast majority of audience members won't understand. I didn't understand most of it either, but all the important stuff is explained enough so that even those that couldn't solve "the idiot series" will be able to follow it. Things do get a bit complicated at times; but things are generally well reasoned, and the twist which I didn't see coming rounds everything off nicely. Overall, I may be in a minority; but I liked this thriller a lot and would definitely recommend it.