I liked this better when it was called "Gone with the Wind"

Rating: 5/10 (21 January 2007)

I live in North Carolina, and have for most of my life. Never have I met anyone with an accent like Nicole Kidman's. That, and an overt awareness that they were ACTING, placed this movie in my personal "eh" file. The only character that makes this movie watchable for me is Renee Zellweger. This movie should not have been made with major Hollywood stars from England and Australia. This story deserves real Southerners, and emerging stars who don't divert focus from what is otherwise a beautiful story.
Read the book instead. I would also highly recommend buying songs from the soundtrack. One of the mando players lives in the Piedmont here; I can assure you that the music here is authentic and quite lovely.