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Cold Comfort Farm

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Cold Comfort Farm (1996)

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Reviews Counted:30

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Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 semblance of order and class in the house. From the novel by Stella Gibbons. [More]

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Miriam Margolyes

Director: John Schlesinger

Director: John Schlesinger

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The film is full of wonderful eccentrics and funny performances.

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