Cold Mountain

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Chris B @Papa13070 May 8 Minghella's cold mountain is a visually stunning and dramatically great film in adapting the famous Frazier novel. There are few films that one can say covered the task of adapting a novel into a screenplay and doing it well. I can say this about this film. The story is a bout a couple that is drawn apart because the man (Law) must go fight for the south in the civil war. The woman is left in "Cold Mountain" with no family and little friends. Nicole Kidman gives a solid performance as the woman while Jude Law was great as the man. THe film is well-acted for the most part. Most of the supporting actors are memorable in their short parts (especially Sutherland, P.S. Hoffman, and Giovanni Ribisi). The film has a beautiful score and cinematography, the highlights for me. The story is good, although moving at a pretty slow pace, it is done well. An absolute classic!!! See more Cindy F. @RT43574762 May 6 Miscast and misunderstanding of the book’s tone. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Mar 1 Winner of 2004 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Renée Zellweger). See more Laurie E. @Laurielye Nov 14 I don't generally care for war movies, but this had a good balance between the front lines of the Civil War and the far reaching effects it had on most aspects of American life. The cast and characters were well developed. See more Chris H @RT60525826 Nov 8 A great film, epic and emotional in all the right places. It's about what war does to people's natures and what it can and cannot destroy. Kidman and Law are excellent and Zellweger is worth every molecule of that Oscar. The rest of the cast are fabulous too - look out for many, many familiar faces, including a cruel and lecherous Ray Winstone. See more Paul T @RT57273826 Nov 8 There is an old saying in movies if you don’t like cold Mountain then what are you doing reviewing movies ? I mean in 2045 we will suddenly here how great this film was by then brains will have evolved to make us realise that is film was closer to the civil war period than any movie ever made including Lincoln, This is one man’s story of a fight to go home , And with a cast of Oscar winning actors it must get 5 stars no question about that ! I mean I’m Pretty sure it won at least one Oscar against a heavy hitter list that year , The performances are outrageous Ray Winston is so good I forgot he is from London , This is an epic like the 1960’s they don’t make films like this anymore and they didn’t make them at the time Dances with Wolves is probably the only thing close to this as an epic , It’s a film so good that it gets no praise anywhere because it doesn’t need it , It’s stands there and says here I am Cold Mountain I will make you laugh I make you cry but I never be boring no Sir . See more Read all reviews

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