An ambitious American has her pursuits upended after meeting a charming British cad in Netflix's mediocre 'My Oxford Year.'

Even before Sofia Carson was named “Netflix’s first bona fide movie star” by Vanity Fair, her My Oxford Year costar Corey Mylchreest was certain acting with her would ensure their project’s success. “As soon as I knew Sofia was involved, I thought, ‘Here's a Netflix number one,’” Mylchreest tells Teen Vogue, laughing.

As her time at Oxford comes to an end, Anna had to decide if she wants to stay with Jamie in the United Kingdom or

The ‘rom-com’, loosely based on the book by American author Julia Whelan, who attended Oxford herself, concerns ambitious working-class New Yorker Anna (Sofia Carson), who is attending the University of Oxford to study Victorian poetry as a postgraduate.