A film with a majestic production and a very high potential that turns out to be disarmingly banal. The morbid story with its pathetic ending seems reminiscent of a Way of the Cross. To make matters worse, one cannot help but feel an inevitable sense of dislike for the main character, a petit bourgeois saved by the grace of the 'poor commoners'. Most of the characters generally appear as caricatures of other performances stolen here and there. Some come close to the ridiculous like Ruby Thewes or Bosie. Excluding the film's set design and some performances by untouchable actors, Hoffman and Gleeson among them, Cold Mountain is basically an inexplicably overrated movie. The vision can end after the first quarter of an hour with the Battle of the Crater, which, contrary to the rest of the film, deserves for its accuracy and impact.
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A film with a majestic production and a very high potential that turns out to be disarmingly banal. The morbid story with its pathetic ending seems reminiscent of a Way of the Cross. To make matters worse, one cannot help but feel an inevitable sense of dislike for the main character, a petit bourgeois saved by the grace of the 'poor commoners'. Most of the characters generally appear as caricatures of other performances stolen here and there. Some come close to the ridiculous like Ruby Thewes or Bosie. Excluding the film's set design and some performances by untouchable actors, Hoffman and Gleeson among them, Cold Mountain is basically an inexplicably overrated movie. The vision can end after the first quarter of an hour with the Battle of the Crater, which, contrary to the rest of the film, deserves for its accuracy and impact.