Anthony Minghella

Cold Mountain

7.2

7.3

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Director: Anthony Minghella
Main Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Eileen Atkins, Renée Zellweger
Soundtrack: Gabriel Yared
Cinematography: John Seale
Screenplay: Anthony Minghella

Cinema Premiere: December 24, 2003

Production Year

2003

What do critics in other countries think?

International reviews

7 foreign reviews of Cold Mountain (2003)

1. Aftonbladet

4 / 5

Translated from swedish: Great passion. Sensational landscapes. But what sticks most is the robustly rustic Rudy. Renée Zellweger steals the film with her downturned mouth and her solid swing with the manure fork. Love? Sure, but first some homegrown vegetables.
- Jens Peterson
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »
2. Helsingborgs Dagblad

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: Anthony Minghella's film adaptation of Charles Frazier's bestselling debut novel "Cold Mountain" surprisingly manages to overcome the handicap of a difficult narrative structure that also burdened the source material: the jumps back and forth between the two main characters who live out their separate stories without contact with each other.
- Diana Holmberg
Swedish: Helsingborgs Dagblad »
3. Nöjesguiden

4 / 6

Translated from swedish: It's stunningly beautiful and excellent escapism into the era of country folk and heroes.
- Johanna Koljonen
Swedish: ng.se »
4. Expressen

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: With Minghella's perfectionism, the story slowly unfolds without getting bogged down in blood and mud. It doesn't even get truly dirty, strangely enough.
- Bernt Eklund
Swedish: expressen.se »
5. Russin

3 / 5

Translated from swedish: Half anti-war film, half tragic love story, "Cold Mountain" is touching and powerful often enough to feel worth watching. It's quality, you know. It's solid, you know. If it has a problem, it's maybe that it feels "built for the Oscars". Everything's here, everything's expertly filmed, all the pieces fall into place - maybe not exactly as you hope but pretty much exactly as you'd expect.
- Anders Lindahl
Swedish: russin.nu »
6. Svenska Dagbladet

3 / 6

Translated from swedish: The whole thing feels hollow and more than a little repetitive. Before almost every shot, every scene, you feel like you've seen it all before.
- Carl-Johan Malmberg
Swedish: svd.se »
7. Moviezine

1 / 5

Translated from swedish: To keep us awake, Minghella throws in some gratuitous violence against animals and children to provoke emotional reactions. "Cold Mountain" is a cold, lifeless and shallow film.
- Christoffer Andersson
Swedish: moviezine.se »