
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war - both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.... (Full plot summary below)
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This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war - both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
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| EmpireAngie ErrigoAs he did with "The English Patient," Minghella has reshaped the novels structure, zeroed in on what matters cinematically and dramatically upped the emotional stakes. |
| Movie GazetteAnton BitelA classically crafted Civil War epic with actions and ideas aplenty - but not enough to fill its excessive length |
| Washington PostStephen HunterIt's funny, it's heartbreaking, it's scary, it's exhilarating. It's got love stuff and lots of laughs and cool gunfights. It's really long and it feels like it's over in 15 minutes. It does something so few movies do these days: It satisfies. |
| Nitrate OnlineKJ DoughtonAs 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. |
| Low IQ CanadianMartin ScribbsCold Mountain is one cold teat -- tough and lifeless, yielding nothing. When even a semi-nude Jude Law can't save a movie, it's time to go direct to video. |
| TeletextAnnette DaseyKidman'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. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonMinghella crafts enough resonant, lyrical images to make the engrossing Cold Mountain a finely polished, emotionally harrowing epic. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestNicole Kidman and Jude Law are as beautiful and affecting as they’ve ever been and they’re surrounded by a greatish supporting cast. |
| Dallas ObserverBill GalloIt's grand-scale moviemaking you can feel in your heart and in your gut -- at once stirringly romantic and ruthlessly counter-romantic, just like the ambitious Charles Frazier best seller from which it was adapted. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsBruce NewmanIt is a promontory of undeniable beauty and occasional power, but Cold Mountain remains so dark and distant on the screen -- shivering in a wintry gloom -- that it hardly casts an emotional shadow. |