Leaves you warm!

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2003)

I have a message for Ms. Renee Z~ you stole the show, girl! As soon as she appeared on screen, members of our movie audience out here in the amber waves of grain burst into applause~ Ruby is just adorable.
Ms. Kidman and Mr. Law, of course, also rule the day... their eyes alone have it. I was extremely curious about the ending as it relates to Frazier's breath-holding epic, and actually stopped breathing at the moment of reckoning!
The "characters along the way" were superb; although it's been about 5 years since I read the novel, Ms. Portman brought her situation rushing back to me. I couldn't help wishing something different for she and the blanket-conscious soldier, but as a product of both the North and South, I'm used to such confusion.
This movie is **not** an "Ah, I'll rent it!" There is no substitute for seeing this mountain on the Big Screen~ not even a big, flat screen. Here's to stubborn romantic fantasies, cold feet and warm hearts. :)