A Netflix Movie Review: My Oxford Year (2025)
This movie has been on my radar for quite some time, but what I didn’t realize was how much I’d enjoy it. Check out my full review of My Oxford Year from Netflix below!
Movie Blurb
Anna (Sofia Carson) has her life all planned out: graduate, finish her master’s at Oxford, then start her job at Goldman Sachs. Except, then she meets Jamie (Corey Mylchreest) and her life is completely turned upside down.
As her time at Oxford comes closer and closer to an end, she has to decide what’s more important: a perfectly planned life, or a well-lived one.
Review | Heidi Dischler
So, a few things I didn’t know coming into this movie: that our very own King George (Mylchreest) from Queen Charlotte would be playing the male main character (I squealed a little when I saw him); that My Oxford Year is apparently based on a book; and that not only is it based on a book, but it’s a book written by one of my all time favorite audiobook narrators Julia freaking Whelan. I was literally so excited when I found all of this out.
Now, don’t get me wrong, this is probably one of the tropey-est romance movies of all time, but it is a really GOOD tropey movie. You will predict everything that happens, but, if you’re a romance lover like me, you’ll enjoy everything you already predicted anyway.
As far as the acting goes, I’ll follow Sofia Carson into any romance movie ever. The same goes with Corey Mylchreest. Their acting is so strong that no matter how predictable a movie is, you’ll still love every second. The true gem here, with acting and the storyline, is Jamie’s dad, William (Dougray Scott). Every scene that he was in was absolutely heartbreaking and wrought with emotion. Since Jamie his father had such a strained relationship, watching that character arc and relationship change between them was the most beautiful part of the movie. I also really loved Anna’s friend, Charlie, who’s played by Harry Trevaldwyn. He added a lot of comic relief that was desperately needed at times.
Spoilers ahead.
Alright, so some things for this movie did get spoiled for me because of TikTok (I should’ve known better), but Jamie is terminally ill from cancer. That’s why the relationship between him and his father was so darn heartbreaking. Like, yes, Jamie’s death and illness was sad, but his father, William’s, reactions to losing his son broke everything that was left to break in my heart.
Overall, this was a sweet, tragic movie that you will definitely enjoy if you love a good predictable romance movie. The depth isn’t really there, but I honestly find this to be a movie that wants you to realize that even the smallest things are meaningful. If you’re a hopeless romantic, you love any other movie that Sofia Carson has been in (like Netflix’s The Life List), then you’re sure to enjoy My Oxford Year.
