Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
82 %
Reviews Counted: 28 Fresh: 23 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis:
When a young society woman from London becomes suddenly orphaned she's forced to take up residence with a group of her unsophisticated, oddball relatives at their farm. Despite protests from the bedridden, iron-willed matriarch of the farm, the aspiring lass tries to achieve some... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins
Director: John Schlesinger
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06/24/06 04:03 AM
Top Critic
Schelsinger's masterfully directed eccentric satire is based on Stella Gibbons' 1933 book which spoofs the serious, soul-searching, rural-set stories of writers like D.H. Lawrence and Mary Webb.
06/02/06 02:39 PM
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04/09/05 04:01 AM
Skewers the dark romantic novels of rural England and shows how a control freak can find happiness.
08/27/02 11:12 AM
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06/05/02 08:09 AM
Top Critic The film is full of wonderful eccentrics and funny performances.
02/28/02 08:08 AM
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