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jadamson1
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Love in a Cold Climate (2001)
Good stuff, but too short
12 March 2001 - 13 out of 17 users found this review helpful.
This is a beautifully made remake of Love in a Cold Climate, but whereas the 1980 series had seven episodes to tell us the story, this film tries to do it (and Nancy's Mitford's previous novel) in 150 minutes.
While the performances are done well, and the insights into the oddities of the English aristocracy are just as Mitford would have known them, there really isn't the time to offer deep characterisations, and explain people's motivations adequately. You feel you're only skating on the surface half the time, which is a pity.
If there had been more of it, I would almost certainly have rated it more highly.
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