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Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:25
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a young society woman from London becomes suddenly orphaned she's forced to take up residence with a group of her unsophisticated, oddball relatives at their farm. Despite protests from the... When a young society woman from London becomes suddenly orphaned she's forced to take up residence with a group of her unsophisticated, oddball relatives at their farm. Despite protests from the bedridden, iron-willed matriarch of the farm, the aspiring lass tries to achieve some semblance of order and class in the house. From the novel by Stella Gibbons. [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Director: John Schlesinger
Director: John Schlesinger
Reviews for Cold Comfort Farm
Schelsinger's masterfully directed eccentric satire is based on Stella Gibbons' 1933 book which spoofs the serious, soul-searching, rural-set stories of writers like D.H. Lawrence and Mary Webb.
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