Päämääränä Cold Mountain

...Minghella adapt another poetically composed novel, where the plot is of less importance than an immersion in the landscapes and the characters' inner conflicts.

...Minghella’s film is epic with a capital E, a throwback to the time of David Lean, when a filmmaker knew how to fill a frame.

...som storslået underholdning i det dramatiske hjørne fungerer alt efter planen.