Very enjoyable film

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2004)

Well, I'm male ( somebody suggested 97% of males would find this boring) and I thought it was great. My "overly romantic" wife dragged me to see it and I scored it a 9 and she gave it a 7.5.... Yes, civil war is always brutal - and yes, I would sure have held fire for Nicole, and no the main characterisations weren't overcooked. The only negative was the walk on characters that were met along the way - a bit of a poor man's Outlaw Josey Wales. And I never saw English patient - I know people say Minghella works to a formula but so did Laurel and Hardy..... Good stuff from an unrecognisable Bridget Jones and the randy preacher, and that scenery beats the pants off anything from LOTR. Here's one who thinks CM will be one for the film archive - well done Mr M!