Great Movie pushed over the top by Hollywood!!!

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2004)

Cold Mountain has all the elements of a great movie, engaging characters, solid plot, beautiful photography and sound but I found myself asking, "Why is all this gratuitous sex necessary?" I could find no reason other than porn seems to sell. When you see the movie ask yourself, "what does this add to the already great movie?............the answer for me was that it detracted and insulted my intelligence. Nicole Kidman is ruining her career by letting the producers trash her talent with a seemingly beautiful love scene trashed with angles. Make no mistake about this movie. It is memorable and moving but the sex scenes could have been handled much more professionally, or even deleted, and the movie would have been an even greater quality production for the makers.