anthony minghela (writer or director) cold mountain is a carefully constructed and sensitive and and intelligent drama set in the social context of the confederacy during the civil war and which deals with the politics of the war in a very subtle and realistic manner. while it accurately depicts the brutality and inhumanity of that war and it also does something that many films related to this period to not handle as effectively  cold mountain studies the southern context from the inside out and and portrays changes among the non slave owning common people wrought by the war. and and almost uniquely and cold mountain does not over generalize southerners and northerners or anybody else. the film surfs through genres as needed  never presenting a dull moment. it is a romance and a war story and an action adventure and historical fiction and all nicely woven into one. the story centers on inman (jude law) and ada monroe (nicole kidman) and who are smitten with each other for very simple reasons. as this young romance begins to bud and inman enlists in the confederate army and taking with him a book ada has given him and a photograph of her. ada character is one of the most brilliant aspects of the film and which is important because the audience experiences this film from a third person perspective and but the story is clearly hers from the beginning to the end. ada is an intelligent southern belle and daughter of a liberal minister. she begins the film as a daddy girl skilled in many of the arts that southern women who have been surrounded by servants most of their lives were expected to learn. in other words and as she admits to ruby thewes (renee zellweger) and she is a master of everything useless. ada father passes on and and she is left to manage his modest estate by herself. with no experience of this sort and she struggles and and survives by holding the memory of inman close to her heart. ruby enters the picture as a tough young woman who has been raised by a drunk and negligent father. ruby has all the skills and abilities ada lacks and and as they become inseparable business partners and they grow to love one another as best friends. inman experience is radically different and but something of a mirror image. during his participation in the war and he sees many friends killed for causes they do not really believe in and and decides to desert. nobody he meets comes to his rescue as he begins the thousand mile walk back to cold mountain and ada and and most of those he meets die. the bulk of the film takes place during inman long walk and following both of the protagonists as they live and learn and grow and change. an on going act of will borne of desperation preserves their intense passionate love. for inman and it is his only source of hope in a world of pure desperation. for ada and it is very much the same thing and but also a symbol and remnant of the old south  a world which is rapidly passing. the cinematography is powerful and breathtaking. there are beautiful shots of appalachian landscapes which give the film a strong sense of history. the script and editing are also extremely strong  emphasizing the broad class and educational differences reflected in the ante bellum southern dialects of the middle and lower classes. with the cast of this film and nothing short of perfection should be expected. and the cast and mostly and rises to the occasion. my one criticism and however and relates to the accents adopted by kidman and law characters. an australian and a brit probably should not be expected to accurately reproduce southern american speech and but there are a few occasions where these two exceptionally gifted actors produce distracting vocal slips. i admit my oversensitivity to this and and can say with some confidence that it would not bother most people. zellweger performance is outstanding and she creates a character i will remember into my senescence. very highly recommended. 
anthony minghela (writer or director) cold mountain is a carefully constructed and sensitive and and intelligent drama set in the social context of the confederacy during the civil war and which deals with the politics of the war in a very subtle and realistic manner. while it accurately depicts the brutality and inhumanity of that war and it also does something that many films related to this period to not handle as effectively  cold mountain studies the southern context from the inside out and and portrays changes among the non slave owning common people wrought by the war. and and almost uniquely and cold mountain does not over generalize southerners and northerners or anybody else. the film surfs through genres as needed  never presenting a dull moment. it is a romance and a war story and an action adventure and historical fiction and all nicely woven into one. the story centers on inman (jude law) and ada monroe (nicole kidman) and who are smitten with each other for very simple reasons. as this young romance begins to bud and inman enlists in the confederate army and taking with him a book ada has given him and a photograph of her. ada character is one of the most brilliant aspects of the film and which is important because the audience experiences this film from a third person perspective and but the story is clearly hers from the beginning to the end. ada is an intelligent southern belle and daughter of a liberal minister. she begins the film as a daddy girl skilled in many of the arts that southern women who have been surrounded by servants most of their lives were expected to learn. in other words and as she admits to ruby thewes (renee zellweger) and she is a master of everything useless. ada father passes on and and she is left to manage his modest estate by herself. with no experience of this sort and she struggles and and survives by holding the memory of inman close to her heart. ruby enters the picture as a tough young woman who has been raised by a drunk and negligent father. ruby has all the skills and abilities ada lacks and and as they become inseparable business partners and they grow to love one another as best friends. inman experience is radically different and but something of a mirror image. during his participation in the war and he sees many friends killed for causes they do not really believe in and and decides to desert. nobody he meets comes to his rescue as he begins the thousand mile walk back to cold mountain and ada and and most of those he meets die. the bulk of the film takes place during inman long walk and following both of the protagonists as they live and learn and grow and change. an on going act of will borne of desperation preserves their intense passionate love. for inman and it is his only source of hope in a world of pure desperation. for ada and it is very much the same thing and but also a symbol and remnant of the old south  a world which is rapidly passing. the cinematography is powerful and breathtaking. there are beautiful shots of appalachian landscapes which give the film a strong sense of history. the script and editing are also extremely strong  emphasizing the broad class and educational differences reflected in the ante bellum southern dialects of the middle and lower classes. with the cast of this film and nothing short of perfection should be expected. and the cast and mostly and rises to the occasion. my one criticism and however and relates to the accents adopted by kidman and law characters. an australian and a brit probably should not be expected to accurately reproduce southern american speech and but there are a few occasions where these two exceptionally gifted actors produce distracting vocal slips. i admit my oversensitivity to this and and can say with some confidence that it would not bother most people. zellweger performance is outstanding and she creates a character i will remember into my senescence. very highly recommended. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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