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2003
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Positive Reviews
63
Negative reviews
7
Average Rating
3.6
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1.5
The actresses are terrific together, and its nice to see Helen Mirren smiling onscreen for a change.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Sigourney, theres a catfight somewhere in your long legged future.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
It takes a lot to make a seated and crabby film critic go weak at the knees, but Anthony Minghellas Civil War epic did just that with one of the swoon ..
Austin Chronicle
4.5
He translates the rhythms of Charles Fraziers often turgid novel into film with admirable fluency, removing any longueurs while distilling the essence ..
Screen Daily
3.8
There is so much to enjoy about Cold Mountain that I can praise it for its parts, even though it lacks a whole.
Rogerebert
3.5
That said, I actually quite enjoyed the film, was duly impressed by most everyone in the cast, fell in love with its brilliant photography and appreci ..
JoBlo
4.0
Cold Mountain is a universal quest story about the yearning for hope and home that enables two lovers to deal with the harrowing menace and the sensel ..
Spirituality And Practice
3.2
Though the film itself was grounded in filmmaking styles of the past, when old fashioned concepts of sex and love were adhered to just like during the ..
Sover
3.0
Anthony Minghellas heroic depiction of small lives ground up in the machinery of war is seldom as affecting as it means to be.
Tv Guide
2.5
His Truly Madly Deeply is still a joyous experience, perhaps imperfect on the visual end, but magnificent on the emotional one.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.1
All of this makes C old M ountain beautiful to look at but ultimately hollow nonetheless.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
Watching this movie, it seems to be the next level down from great maybe too episodic.
Usa Today
4.5
This romantic costume drama set during the civil war has both an epic scale and focused, personal stories.
Lariat
3.8
The tragedy of war is a factor, but it is not driven home as solidly as the tragedy of love.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
The English Patient writer director Anthony Minghella now makes another Oscar bid with a stunningly photographed but far from compelling film adaptati ..
News Review
4.0
This is the kind of filmmaking that takes your breath away with its majestic beauty and human grittiness.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
These minor quibbles aside, however, Cold Mountain is an enjoyable, moving drama with superb performances and stunning photography.
View London
3.0
But despite its surface allure and hi lit cred, the hero remains opaque, the structure is episodic, and the film never quite attains the epic sweep it ..
Film Journal
4.0
Such effective filmmaking makes us see the capacity for those less than admirable thoughts buried in ourselves.And this, in part, is what makes Cold M ..
Mountain X
5.0
The perennial theme of love enduring amidst the ravages of war is beautifully articulated, and a new generation will learn about a watershed in Americ ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.2
For a man this handsome, the awkward refusal to be charming is the ultimate charm.
Ew
2.5
Cold Mountain wants to be grand.Oh how Minghella wants it to be a grandiose civil war epic, this generations Gone with the Wind, but sadly, it will ne ..
Cinema Crazed
4.0
This epic canvas might not inspire the Academy he has done it all before but it lets Minghella adapt another poetically composed novel, where the plot ..
Empire
4.0
This is a thoughtful, intelligent film with lovely performances and heartbreaking themes, but like its main characters, it has great difficulty reachi ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
At 154 minutes, Cold Mountain is long and seems long, at times inspired, at times merely dutiful. But in most of the important ways, it succeeds.
Sf Gate
2.0
But his most significant achievement is not laughing when required to shout, Move away from the baby!, in a scene so straight faced and silly it could ..
Bbc
4.0
For Cold Mountain, no less than The Lord of the Rings, is a grand and poignant movie epic about what is lost in war and whats worth saving in life.
Time
1.9
In Cold Mountain, the Civil War exists only to deter Ada and Inman from power fucking.
Slant Magazine
3.0
Thanks to Zellweger, the supporting actors and Minghellas direction, Cold Mountain manages to stay watchable.Its enough of a spectacle to enjoy.
Washington Post
4.0
Its sober good taste is enlivened by large doses of intelligence and humor, and even a touch of authentic cinematic grandeur.
The New York Times
2.5
Cold Mountain is a technical triumph, to be sure, but it is just as lacking in pure soul.
The Movie Boy
2.8
It is a rich looking film with a wonderful performance by Renee Zellweger.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
Its beautifully directed, with a superb sense of place and time rural Appalachia at the end of the Civil War by Anthony Minghella, whos made films I l ..
Flickfilosopher
2.5
Cold Mountain is very pretty.The Civil War drama, from writer director Anthony Minghella, is beautifully shot by cinematographer John Seale, mostly in ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
Its not often that, when the primary thread of a movie fails, the secondary storylines are compelling enough to make the overall experience a positive ..
ReelViews
3.5
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Calendar Live
5.0
Anthony Minghella has developed a reputation as a director and screenwriter who can take a gorgeous literary book and make it an even better film.
Hollywood
3.5
This may be true to Fraziers novel and to the Civil War experience, but its a bummer to sit through for two hours and 26 minutes.
Seattle Pi
4.0
So interior is the journey taken by the hero, Inman, and so linear the narrative that one does not imagine the pages translated onto the screen.
Standard
3.0
The film does touch on the psychological brutality of the Civil War, probably the most vicious war ever fought.
Tony Medley
2.2
Theres hardly a believable character to be found as iconic actors like Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi and ..
Coles Mithey
4.0
He once again has achieved the miracle of transforming a difficult book with an inner narrative into a deeply satisfying film.
Cnn
3.1
And yet, the emotional investment in the characters is something less than sweeping.
Spliced Wire
2.5
Despite some admittedly impressive visuals (thanks to cinematographer John Seale), Cold Mountain never quite manages to engage the viewer primarily du ..
Reel Film
3.0
Crowded with fascinating supporting characters, who make the long haul the movie clocks in at 2 1/2 hours worth attempting.
The Star
3.1
That same aloofness is present in Minghellas adaptation of Cold Mountain, a Civil War melodrama that never really has the emotional heft the oomph, if ..
Deseret News
3.5
To further my disappointment, two contemporary songs by superior talents yield mediocre results.
Urban Cine File
3.5
Like Fraziers book, the picture is framed as a road movie with a love story folded into it.
La Weekly
3.5
Strong literary appeal lends it stature but could limit the lines at the boxoffice.
Varia Gate
5.0
Cold Mountain is Miramaxs blatant entry for the Best Picture Oscar of 2003.
Three Movie Buffs
3.8
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Kansas City
5.0
It might not be love, but its something to hold on to, a beautiful fantasy to escape to when reality becomes too harsh.
Montreal Film Journal
4.0
It has spectacular action scenes and imaginary creatures, and its by far the most moving chapter.The performances have deepened.
News Week
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.0
A good looking but dull and eccentrically cast romantic drama set during American civil war.
Film Guardian
4.0
While Cold Mountain is an emotional story embroidered well by director Minghellas well known visual technique and aided immeasurably by its able cast, ..
Film Quips Online
3.8
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Flip Side Archive
3.8
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Freep
3.5
Cold Mountain is a lush, lengthy epic that for all its good looks benefits from the simplest of narratives.
Future Movies
3.8
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Movie Eye
2.8
Cold Mountain is missing that indefinable quality (is it chemistry
Nicks Chager
5.0
Unlike, say, Pearl Harbor, a two hour commercial posing as a film, Minghellas movie brings its huge army of characters to life and prioritizes their p ..
Nitrate Online
3.0
Cold Mountain simply exists as an epic piece with humor and grace.
Films Nobs
4.0
Cold Mountain is a good film.The movie is captivating from beginning to end, and there is nary a boring scene to be found.
Juicy Cerebellum
3.5
Kidman and Law share almost no screen time together, which harms the film. Still, there are moments that are sufficiently ablaze, and make Cold Mounta ..
Week In Rewind
3.8
This movie could be considered a love story, a war epic, a character study or just a plain old fashioned tale of survival; whatever the answer, the fi ..
Cinema Phile
2.0
Consequently, the film adaptaion of Cold Mountain offers director Anthony Minghella the opportunity to unearth this great story to extricate its natur ..
Web Archive
3.5
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Film Force Ign
4.4
Falling in love is a common occurrence on screen, but rarely is it so palpable, so razor sharp.
Seattle Times
3.0
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Nyc Film Critic
2.5
His work is noteworthy in a less than flattering epic.But you cant fault the actors in this film.
The Reel Deal
2.5
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Edge Boston
5.0
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Boulder Weekly
2.5
Kidman and Law look great, but the consistently shallow, cliched dialogue prevents them from turning in memorable performances, and their romance is s ..
Style Weekly
4.2
First and foremost, about the ravages of wartime...but framed to an intimate scale, tracing the devastating consequences such violence takes upon indi ..
Mixed Reviews
1.9
But thats about where the similarities end, since Cold Mountain is a love story likely to leave you cold.
Town Topics
5.0
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