Best movie ever!

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

American student Martin (Elijah Wood) arrives at the University of Oxford looking to have his idol Prof. Arthur Seldom (William Hurt) be his thesis supervisor. He rents a room from Seldom's friend Mrs. Eagleton and her daughter Beth. The women snap at each other. Martin finds a girlfriend in Lorna. Seldom loves Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus stating that there is no absolute truth. Martin tries to impress him by disputing it but Seldom ridicules him. Podorov is a bitter fellow student rejected by Seldom. Martin and Seldom discover Mrs. Eagleton's murdered body at the same time. Martin says he received a note predicting the murder but he discarded it. Seldom supposes that a murderer is daring Seldom to solve the case. Inspector Petersen is confounded by the murder and the math puzzles.I love the whodunit aspect of the story. The addition of math, logic and even a Clue-like game are all great although the math sounds a bit gobberdygoop. It also makes the dialog more clunky than regular speech. The movie goes on a little too long and it doesn't seem to advance for a stretch in the middle. The last act is also problematic. There are no thrills and the puzzle is not something the viewer can solve. I'm often a sucker for a whodunit mystery. This one starts with an interesting setup but it doesn't have much tension or payoff. Adapting this from a novel may have missed some needed cinematic elements.

I say that with all affection as I love John Hurt's acting and always make a point of watching his films.............this however was absolutely dreadful.The whole thing came across as incredibly amateur, a bit like a student film that you expect to be a bit clunky. The dialogue and plot exposition was almost robotic and gave the impression that those in charge just decided to go with the first draft of the script rather than inject any subtlety or depth in a rewriting process.Whether it was done in a rush for some reason I have no idea but suffice to say the only things that got 'murdered' here were credibility and plausibility (and maybe Elijah Wood's career).

"The Oxford Murders" from 2008, I will admit gave me a headache. All I have to do is hear the word "math" and I'm out the door. This is a murder mystery dependent upon some mathematical concepts in order to solve the various murders.The film takes place at Oxford University, where an ambitious young student, majoring in mathematics and number theory, Martin, played by Elijah Wood, comes to the school anxious to work with a Professor Seldom (John Hurt).The two end up endeavoring to solve a series of murders that revolve around mathematical symbols. The first murder has to do with the fibonacci series, which apparently is something learned by school children in England. I'm American and from a different generation, so much of this was lost on me.You will obviously love this film much more if you can follow the mathematics; without the math, there is a normal mystery along with several twists. There is also the wonderful John Hurt.Worth checking out particularly if you have interest in the various theories.

This movie is a great movie. I like this kind of movies a lot. The things I liked about this movie are so many but three of them were the most ones. first, It was quite ambiguous at the beginning. However, with time it started to be clearer. Second, the characters were simple and the story also was not that complicated. My favorite character in the movie was the professor. Many people would think that what he did is wrong which was hiding the truth. I agree that what he did is wrong but he did it right!! Lastly,the movie was based on limited number of characters. In my opinion, that gave this 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.