Overrated, Overlong, Over-boring

Rating: 5/10 (12 February 2004)

When I sat down to watch this movie, I really wanted to enjoy it and say that I had seen an epic in film making. However, I fell asleep on numerous occasions because this movie is so boring. None of the actors in this film offered any charisma at all, thus making it so much more difficult to even remotely care about their issues and relationships. Cold Mountain is a film designed and written to try to win lots of awards, which is why I am eternally satisfied that this snooze-fest did not receive a best film nomination for the Oscars.
If you really enjoyed THAT novel in English Literature class that seemed to use every word under the sun to describe a location and ultimately didn't seem to ever go anywhere, go see this film. Otherwise don't.