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Netflix’s My Oxford Year Debuts to Emotional Reactions and Mixed Reviews

Viewer reactions are split over the leads’ chemistry with wide discussion of the film’s conclusive departure from the novel’s narrative

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Overview

  • My Oxford Year premiered on Netflix on August 1, 2025, and is now available to stream worldwide.
  • Adapted from Julia Whelan’s bestselling 2018 novel, the film was directed by Iain Morris with a screenplay by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne.
  • Sofia Carson stars as American scholar Anna De La Vega and serves as an executive producer, joined by Corey Mylchreest as her Oxford tutor.
  • The production was filmed on location at Oxford University’s historic colleges and courtyards in fall 2024.
  • Critics and fans have praised the film’s emotional depth while voicing mixed opinions on the leads’ chemistry and its definitive ending that departs from the source material.