The Real Civil War

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2004)

Movies in the Thirties like Jezebel and Gone With The Wind only showed the romantic side of the Civil War. Cold Mountain takes the audience beyond that sentimental view and shows them the true and brutal nature of war, which made victims of everyone on both sides, soldier and civilian.
Jude Law and Nicole Kidman play Southerners very well. Renee Zellweger is good but her character tends to grate on the nerves after a while. Sometimes you may feel subtitles are necessary because the Southern accents are so thick.
It's slow, so some patience is required.
Rated R for nudity and gory violence.
Rating: ***