If the love story is asked to carry more weight than it can bare, at least this is a film of rich measure and ambition.
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06/24/06
Cold Mountain (2003)
72 %
Reviews Counted: 212 Fresh: 152 Rotten:60 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus:
The well-crafted Cold Mountain has an epic sweep and captures the horror and brutal hardship of war.
Runtime: 2 hrs 35 mins
Synopsis: Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Anthony Minghella
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Producer: Albert Berger, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Yerxa
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Producer: Albert Berger, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Yerxa
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Reviews
Top Critic
Grim in places, and at times gratuitous, this is still terrific five-hanky drama with top-flight technical work, horrifically spectacular action, subtle introspection, rich characters and a love story to die for.
04/01/06
Top Critic
Minghella crafts a complex and entertaining two-and-a-half hours with a cast who play their roles perfectly.
07/20/04
Whether we're watching the domestic struggles of Kidman or Law doing moody wandering, scenes run on randomly, and don't build into a structure with arc or emphasis.
02/24/04
Minghella is well served by his cast. Both principals are convincing, if neither rises quite to the heights of genuine tragedy.
02/03/04
Top Critic
A good-looking but dull and eccentrically cast romantic drama set during American civil war.
01/15/04
Top Critic
Kidman’s locks gets mysteriously re-highlighted during the Civil War's most depressed period — maybe Zellweger’s Ruby was as handy with foils as pitchforks.
01/09/04
Beautifully photographed, moving drama, with impressive performances from its three leads and a terrific supporting cast.
12/27/03
An intensely personal story that catches two vivid perspectives of wartime with an almost eerie timeliness.
12/05/03
So full of hot air, any emotion is blown away -- gone, with the wind.
12/05/03
Top Critic Top Critic
A kitschy, lugubrious and deeply unhistorical exercise in self-congratulation.
05/06/08
Kidman and Law share almost no screen time together, which harms the film. Still, there are moments that are sufficiently ablaze, and make "Cold Mountain" a worthwhile diversion.
09/18/07
A movie of gorgeous moments alternating with many more that feel literate to the point of inducing boredom
08/20/06
As he did with The English Patient, director Minghella performs a miraculous juggling act, balancing his epic, sweeping story with the subtleties of character and detail that make Cold Mountain breathe.
12/06/05
'Above all, Cold Mountain is a story of women -- abandoned, starving, and learning to rely only on themselves and each other.'
03/23/05
A tough movie to sit through but a powerful one nonetheless and whilst its not the great film that it so longs to be, it is a strong journey worth taking if your prepared for it.
03/14/05
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