Zellweger steals great movie

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2008)

Cold Mountain is an incredible movie. One of the best of 2003. It is second on my top 10 list of the year. The acting and the writing is excellent. The editing of the first 40 minutes is brilliantly done. The way Inman is flashing back to his meetings with Ada. Ada also recalling some moments with Inman. You really believe in the passion this couple has for if not each other for the idea of it when the their world is falling apart. The scene Jude Law has with Eileen Atkins is incredibly moving and deeply felt. Renee Zellweger is great in the role of Ruby. She is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Any scene with Sally is extremely well done. Kidman also gives an excellent perforamnce. She really inhabits the character and here "there will be a reckoning" kine is nailed. Cold Mountain has the best gun fight probably since High Noon. The action in the movie is consistently raw and shocking. The most underrated movie of the 2000's.