Netflix’s New Summer Romcom My Oxford Year Is Right Up Our Alley

Netflix is once again treating us to an exciting new romance film this summer – My Oxford Year.

Directed by BAFTA nominee and The Inbetweeners writer and creator, Iain Morris and written by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne, the film will arrive to the streaming service on the 1^st of August.

The cast is led by Sofia Carson (Purple Hearts) who portrays Anna and Cory Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) who plays Jamie.

In an interview with Netflix, Sophia said she knew Cory would play Jamie, right from the onset. She said: “When it came time to cast Jamie, I always knew it would be Corey. As soon as he walked into the room for our chemistry read in London, Anna and Jamie came to life. Instantly.”

The rest of the casting lineup includes Braveheart actress Catherine McCormack, Gran Turismo actor Nikhil Parma, The Penguin Lessons actress Romina Cocca and Baby Reindeer actor Hugh Coles.

 

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The film is based on a book with the same title by Julia Whelan, which was originally adapted from a screenplay written by Burnett.

My Oxford year follows Anna, a young American, who decides to follow her dream of moving to the UK and studying at the University of Oxford. As of now, a determined Anna has her life on track. That is until she meets a charming local called Jamie, who alters both of their lives.

Mylchreest teased us with a rollercoaster of emotions that we may experience throughout our journey with the film.

He said, “You can expect some laughs, a lot of love, maybe some sadness, a couple of surprises along the way, but [you can expect] to meet two really lovely, very human characters and all of their amazing friends and family. Get ready for a lovely journey.”

The film is also filled with poetry and literature which derived from Burnett’s original screenplay. Carson admitted that she was honoured to be able “to dive into Anna’s world of dreams, of love, of poetry”.

She said, “To study the great poets that walked the halls of Oxford, and who have since filled our lives with the magic of literature. In 1833, Alfred Tennyson wrote ‘It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.’ Two hundred years after Tennyson so beautifully uttered those words, they ring truer than ever — in the halls of Oxford, and within the heart of our film.”

The actress added that the film reinforces that “life is too short to not live it in love”. She finished by saying, “and I hope that truth rings true in the hearts of anyone who watches our film”.

Words by Nikita Hall