misfortune plays the lord and master

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2004)

Apart from its being a great historical reconstruction of American Civil War, I would say this movie is really depressing; Ada, played by the gorgeous Nicole Kidman, doesn't even kisses Inman (Jude Law) and she finds herself engaged to him, waiting for him coming back from the war. And as soon as her promised groom comes back, he gets killed after getting her into trouble... Should I comment on it I wouldn't know whether it's more unlikely or unhappy. There are also several positive notes, in my opinion. Locations are fantastic: the picture, though set in North Carolina, was filmed in Romania's Carpathian mountains that gave the rendering of then Carolina much more than every other american place. Battles are frequent and bloody but visual effects never excessive, so all those scenes, along with the ones shot in the village of Cold Mountain, offer a suggestive portrait of Civil War. Leading actor and actress, after getting an Oscar nomination, didn't win any prize, whereas R. Zellweger won the best supporting actress prize. Anyway they all three produced excellent performances. To sum up, a grand picture that hits for his sadness