What is the iRankMovies score for Cold Mountain?

Name: Cold Mountain
Director: Anthony Minghella
Genre: adventure, history, romance, war
Released: 2003
Duration: 2 h 34 min
Rating: 7.2

Cold Mountain has an iRankMovies score of 71.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Cold Mountain (2003)

Find your way home.

Release:2003

Runtime:2h 34m

Country:United States

Director:Anthony Minghella

Language:English

Genre

AdventureHistoryRomance

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Keywords

Civil WarLove Of One S LifeLoss Of Loved OneDesertionNorth CarolinaRape AttemptSomberEarly America

iRank71

Cold Mountain rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 163K votes

Rotten Tomatoes69%

Metacritic73%

TMDb6.943/10· 2K votes

With 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Cold Mountain

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

Cast of Cold Mountain

Jude Law
as Inman
Nicole Kidman
as Ada Monroe
Renée Zellweger
as Ruby Thewes
Eileen Atkins
as Maddy
Brendan Gleeson
as Stobrod Thewes
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Reverend Veasey
Natalie Portman
as Sara
Giovanni Ribisi
as Junior
Donald Sutherland
as Reverend Monroe
Ray Winstone
as Teague
Kathy Baker
as Sally Swanger
James Gammon
as Esco Swanger

Cold Mountain facts

Budget: $79M
Box office: $173M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Civil War desertion narrative captures intimate empathetic portrayal of complicated human struggle
•Anthony Minghella brings sophisticated romance across warfare landscape with emotional resonance
•Gorgeous cinematography balances brutal historical setting with tender relationship development seamlessly

What the audience disliked

•Pacing occasionally drags during lengthy journey sequences testing viewer patience considerably
•Bittersweet ending delivers tragedy over triumphant resolution some viewers may resist strongly