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Well Crafted but Emotionally Distant
Movies don't usually come with this much promise: a beloved novel, a celebrated filmmaker, and an incredibly-talented cast...but COLD MOUNTAIN just doesn't connect. The direction is there, and the performances are great (Zellwegger is wonderful), but the story misses the mark.

I loved THE ENGLISH PATIENT, but this film neglects the lovers and piles on everything else (and I mean EVERYTHING).
The lovers are barely introduced when Jude Law is whisked off to the most hellish places of the Civil War. Law and Nicole Kidman are only left to think of each other as fantasy lovers or ideals, so no emotional connection takes place between them. At least one that that the audience can invest in.

And the sheer horrors of what Law goes through over and over pretty much numb us by the time they do get together.

I really wanted to like this movie--and it is better than TITANIC (great movie, lame romance) and the laughably-bad PEARL HARBOR (lame movie, ridiculous romance)--but there was no emotional pay off to COLD MOUNTAIN. Not like THE ENGLISH PATIENT.

It's like a love song where the singer forgets to sing about the girl.

Not nearly as good as the book
The biggest problem with this movie is that it simply cannot compare to Charles Frazier's novel. However, there's only so much you can expect when a film is adapted from a book, and overall, the movie "Cold Mountain" isn't all that bad...but I still think it could have been better.

In the film, Jude Law plays Inman, a Confederate soldier who deserts the battlefront after surviving a serious injury. He encounters many hurdles in his attempt to return to Cold Mountain and to Ada (Nicole Kidman), a woman he fell in love with following a very brief encounter prior to his departure. The film flashes back and forth to Inman's adventures and Ada's struggle to survive on her farm following the death of her father. She is fortunate to have the assistance of the free-spirited Ruby (Renée Zellweger), with whom she forms a powerful friendship that feeds her spirit and gives her the strength to keep on believing that Inman will return to her someday.

I'm usually a big fan of Kidman's work, but her performance in "Cold Mountain" was a bit disappointing. I'm not sure if that's a reflection on her as an actress or on Ada's character, which is kind on one-dimensional. Law's performance is acceptable but not extraordinary, and the real star of the film is Zellweger, whose portrayal of Ruby is vibrant and also downright hilarious at times. Natalie Portman also has a small but strong part as a woman that Law's character encounters along his journey home, and Brendan Gleeson does a great job in the role of Ruby's deadbeat father, Stobrod.

The first forty minutes of the film are incredibly dry...I almost had to turn it off. However, things picked up after a while and the film got much better as it went along. The movie just doesn't have the same emotional appeal as the novel, which is why I can't give it a high recommendation.

COLD MOUNTAIN IS A GREAT LOVE STORY MOVIE!!!!!!!!!
Cold Mountain is a wonderful love story that takes place in the civil war!!!!!! The cast includes the beautiful Nicole Kidman and the talented Renee Zellweer and the hot young talent of Jude Law!!!!!! When Nicole meets Jude Law they start a passionate love relationship,but one day Jude ends up leaving her behind to go fight in the civil war!!!!!!! Several months later they rekindle their romance!!!!!!! The story is great and you can feel the passion and love with Nicole and Jude and Renee does a great job of playing Ruby which is zany and always on the run and getting stuff done!!!!! It has great cameos by other actors that include Natalie Portman, Brendan Gleeson, Jack White of the White Stripes and Kathy Baker!!!!!! If you have not seen this powerful love story then go rent it and if you are like me and building yourself a great dvd collection then you should buy this movie its a must in any collection!!!!!

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