A lot of Hollywood sap

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2004)

This movie was decent, with fantastic performances from the entire cast. Unfortunately, too much of the dialogue is completely unoriginal, and many of the ideas fall flat. It's really a soap opera with a little spice.
Cold Mountain reminds me a lot of The Cider House Rules, in that, it's one of those films that everyone is supposed to bow down and hurl awards at as soon as it is released, and it just doesn't measure up. Like Cider House, I imagine that Cold Mt was a much better book.