Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 5
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Average Rating: 8.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
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Stella Gibbons' popular novel was published in 1932, and it has been adapted twice for British television, first as a miniseries in 1971, then by director John Schlesinger in 1995. That version proved so popular that it was released to theaters in the U.S. The heroine of Gibbons' story, Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), is an aspiring young writer with two needs: material for her first novel, and a cheap place to live and work. A wealthy friend encourages her to take advantage of her country
May 10, 1996 Wide
Feb 25, 2003
Universal Pictures
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Kate Beckinsale
Flora Poste -
Sheila Burrell
Ada Doom -
Eileen Atkins
Judith Starkadder -
Ian McKellen
Amos Starkadder -
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Rufus Sewell
Seth Starkadder -
Stephen Fry
Mybug -
Freddie Jones
Adam Lambsbreath -
Joanna Lumley
Mrs. Smiling -
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Beetle -
Maria Miles
Elfine Starkadder -
Angela Thorne
Mrs. Hawke-Monitor
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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.
Top CriticToo bad that Schlesinger's 1994 satire of British mores and morals, with star turns by Kate Beckinsale and Ian McKellen, never found an audience upon theatrical release.
Sweet, sprightly made-for-British-TV comedy.
If you're a fan of that subgenre of fiction...then this is worth at least a rental, if not a definite purchase. It's too delightfully sick and too deliciously a sendup to be denied.
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