Moving

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2004)

This is a moving film. It's not a perfect film but it affects you. It's appropriate for today because it reacquaints people with the reality and overwhelming cost of war. Renee Zellwegger was a key reason why I liked this movie. She injects energy and life and displays once again her wonderful ability to inject her comedy with tragedy. It would be a shame for her to win best supporting actress because her other body of work shows she is clearly a lead actress. Kidman and Law are good in their roles and so are the many of the supporting actors but the romance and the sexual tension which is believable suffers in comparison to other romances in movies that have covered this territory before. This movie is not has compelling and grand as Minghella's "English Patient" but it is adequate and the audience does pull for Kidman and Law's characters to reunite. It is also a movie that pay homage to the struggle and sacrifices of women during the Civil War.