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(1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   12   > Next 2.5/5 "Una lástima, por todos esos recursos que no terminaron de ensamblar con el éxito que merecían."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez "A classically crafted Civil War epic with actions and ideas aplenty - but not enough to fill its excessive length"   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel A "A rapturous, unusual romantic adventure, detailing mostly unexplored sides to the Civil War and female companionship."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "The brevity of each of these incidents is a function of the film's structure, but it also creates a sense of perpetual dislocation."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C "Leaves you luke-warm."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3/4 "...a film that works, more or less, simply for being about real characters and how they cope with situations."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2.5/4 "Lovely to look at, engagingly acted, but empty and... well, "cold" pretty much sums it up."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "...deeply unsatisfying in so many ways..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "There are certain weaknesses that it cannot overcome."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Cold Mountain is a technical triumph, to be sure, but it is just as lacking in pure soul."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "Is Nicole Kidman contractually obligated to interact with birds in all her films?"   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "The film is epic in length but narrow in scope.... The tragedy of war is a factor, but it is not driven home as solidly as the tragedy of love."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Minghella, in his long-winded tales of love, has the storytelling prowess of a narcoleptic Ulysses teacher "   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "It may be Oscar bait, but if so, it's the weirdest Oscar bait in many moons. "   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Convincingly elegant and unsparing, Cold Mountain is a sweeping and enriching narrative that captures the fancy and flashiness of old-fashioned poetic storytelling. "   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B- "This 'Mountain' stands as one of those serious, high-minded pictures that it's easy to admire from a respectful distance but difficult to be moved by in a visceral way."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "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 senseless violence of war."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "The opening 45 minutes are among the worst of the year. They epitomize everything wrong with Hollywood today; melodramatic, clichéd, cheesy, overblown, and repetitive."   eCinemaCenter.com   Gabe Leibowitz A- "First and foremost, about the ravages of wartime...but framed to an intimate scale, tracing the devastating consequences such violence takes upon individuals."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "A successful adaptation."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "holds itself up with a sometimes labored studiousness that threatens, but never quite undermines, the inherent power of the story"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "Civil War story of love and struggle is a carefully, expertly crafted piece of Oscar bait that's still satisfying."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "A movie of gorgeous moments alternating with many more that feel literate to the point of inducing boredom"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani 3/4 "Anthony Minghella has crafted a lush film resounding with blue-ribbon production values."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "An updated version of a romance story. Passion is tempered with practicality, but it exists nonetheless. Women are as pro-active in construction as men are in destruction."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "It wasn't until Zellweger's spunky character hit the screen that things really got into a groove."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 87/100 "Minghella crafts a complex and entertaining two-and-a-half hours with a cast who play their roles perfectly."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 2.5/5 "Like a secular version of Ben Hur without the chariot race, Jude Law's character keeps going via the inspiration of a brief encounter with Ada Monroe"   ToxicUniverse.com   John A. Nesbit 6/10 "While the film is handsome to look at and has its fair share of realism, it also gets plenty sappy along the way."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 10/10 "I read the book. I knew what was going to happen. And I was still riveted and surprised by just about everything on the screen."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "'A pesar de la falta de conexión emocional que existe por momentos entre los dos protagonistas, es un buen ejemplo de entretenimiento fílmico de alta calidad'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 4/5 "...has a level of artistry and heart that I would normally not give Mr. Minghella credit for...a little too long and still feels like something is missing..."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4 "In spite of an entire film's worth of good intentions, you'll either love it or hate it based on the ending alone."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "Nicole Kidman and Jude Law are as beautiful and affecting as they’ve ever been and they’re surrounded by a greatish supporting cast."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C+ "Those who found ...The English Patient lovely to look at but ponderous and overstated are likely to feel the same way about Cold Mountain. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/5 "Kidman and Law are chilly performers, and their fundamental remoteness drains the sublimated passion from Inman and Ada's hope-sustaining romance. It also allows the supporting cast to steal the movie out from under them."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "A one note affair about the ravages of war in which beautiful people are dirtied up and walk around idyllic landscapes while bad things happen all around them..."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 6/10 " This could have been a powerful war story, but under the surface it is contrived and unconvincing and the performances are uninvolving."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[Law and Kidman are] not onscreen together much, but that means their few moments should be all the more urgent, and they aren’t."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "A film of grand gestures and also intricate subtlety, which is unfortunately bogged down by the wooden performances of the leads and some pacing problems."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "Not many movies have characters you can warm up to the way Cold Mountain does. That makes it a real treasure."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "Without the balance of the book's poetic language, the images tend to overwhelm the subtle issues it raises about great and small conflicts. "   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C+ "Something to mildly admire rather than embrace."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2/5 "Anthony Minghella acredita (erroneamente) ser David Lean."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca "Feels curiously put together - it jerks together from event to event without any real flow and the two leads display absolutely no chemistry when they are on-screen together."   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "An intensely personal story that catches two vivid perspectives of wartime with an almost eerie timeliness."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B+ "Unlike many previous entries in the Miramax Oscar derby, it's actually quite good... even as the hype surrounding it rises far louder than it merits."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux A "This romantic costume drama set during the civil war has both an epic scale and focused, personal stories."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "Anthony Minghella changed the story [by Charles Frazier] into a series of vignettes showing good people as good and bad people as bad with little shading."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2/5 "scaling a mountain might be easier than swallowing this pompous bag of feed"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell  (1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   12   > Next