Love in a Cold Climate
by Tom Hooper (II)
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Actor: Christian Coulson, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, John Hopkins, John Light, Zoe WaitesDirector: Tom Hooper (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
DVD Reviews of Love in a Cold Climate
DVD Review: A "Keeper"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is another movie that I rented on Netflix and immediately after viewing it I knew I had to have my own copy. I enjoy this period in history and times that will never return. I started out feeling sorry for the very lovely Rosamund Pike who always gets treated as a second-class citizen but after all comes out a winner in the end. In fact, she is the major reason that I bought the DVD. All of the actors did a great job and there are many seasoned ones that helped make this film so good. If you have viewed enough films from England or by English authors, you will be delighted to see them once again. I can't recall her name right now but if you've ever seen "Anna Karenena", the lovely actress that played the trouble-making princess appears in this film as a mother of a problem child, not as pretty anymore but still plays a fantastic role. If you have any kind of a soul, you'll love this film!DVD Review: An engaging adaptation though too brief.
Summary: 4 Stars
I wish I had the opportunity of watching the 1980 British TV version of Love in a Cold Climate [7 hours long]. This 2001 version attempts to condense Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love into a 150 minutes production. It doesn't do justice to the books, but it certainly entertains, and the acting is simply marvelous.
The story is told from the point of view of Fanny [Rosamund Pike]who lives on her eccentric Uncle Matthew Radlett's [Alan Bates] estate with her cousin Linda [Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh] and her family. Fanny narrates their exploits as young women coming out into society and their rather unconventional upbringing, with Fanny herself having an infamous eloper for a mother, nicknamed The Bolter. The two young ladies approach love very differently, as does another one of their peer group, the aristocratic beauty, Polly Montdore[ Megan Dodds]. Whilst Fanny ultimately marries for love and settles into domestic bliss, Linda and Fanny go through much mishap in their love lives.
It is the three actors who portray the young women who are at the forefront of the story, and the men in their lives form a backdrop without really being of much substance. The story is part-autobiographical, for it is based on Nancy Mitford's own unconventional life and makes for compelling viewing. The production is of high-quality with the sets and costumes being very authentic to the period portrayed, circa 1929-1940.
This is an enjoyable series with good character development, and will appeal to Anglophiles and fans of period dramas.
DVD Review: BELOW AVERAGE FILM NOT AS ENTERTAINING AS BOOK
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up the book about two years ago and really enjoyed the world that Nancy Mitford created so when I saw that the BBC made a film I was excited because they are usually well written and acted. I was disappointed with this one however. I feel the writing failed to capture the light hearted essence of the novel and took itself way too seriously. And from there, it's dreariness pulled the cast down with it. It's a romance at the end of the day and there was nothing romantic about the cinematography or costumes or settings and it's set in the Cotswolds! I find that area to be full of atmosphere none of which is captured on film. Celia Imrie (an excellent actress usually) made some terrible choices playing Aunt Sadie as continuously on the brink of a crying jag. The three lead actresses do well with their parts but overall are miscast. Rosamund Pike is just too beautiful to play Fanny (even with mousy brown hair) and would have been much better suited to the golden-haired, strong-willed Polly. That would have been something to see. I wouldn't waste my money - spend the time re-reading the book instead.DVD Review: Love in a Cold Climate
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutely LOVE this movie. It is such a wonderful depiction of the life of the British upperclass in this period. I would have preferred two movies, one per book, only to have additional information on the people and period.DVD Review: Fantastic adaptation!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having read both of the novels that this mini series is based on (and loving both of them) I was afraid that this adaptation might disappoint me, but even though the pace is pretty fast (I'm not quite sure that someone who is not familiar with the books would be able to follow the many stories, the loads of characters and the various threads) I loved the way they conveyed the spirit of the books and enjoyed this mini-series a lot.
The casting was excellent, the period was perfectly represented and the stories were faithful to the books, so, having enjoyed the books immensely I consider this production a real treat.
The only drawbacks I can think of are the fast pace and the fact that a lot of the humor of the books didn't make it into the adaptation.
Description of Love in a Cold Climate
Based on Nancy Mitford's beloved novels The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate-part thinly-veiled memoir, part biting satire, and part fascinating window on a vanished way of life-this witty drama from the BBC follows the romantic adventures of three young aristocrats in the decade between the wars.Starring British acting legends Alan Bates (Gosford Park), Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones's Diary), Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park), and Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited), with young stars Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day), Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh (Bertie and Elizabeth), and Megan Dodds (Malice Aforethought). Providing an authentic backdrop are several English castles and country houses, including Batsford Park, home of the Mitford family from 1916 to 1919.
Love in a Cold Climate, Deborah Moggach's efficient 155-minute adaptation of Nancy Mitford's two best-known novels, hits an entirely appropriate balance between the comic and the sentimentally tragic. Viewpoint figure Fanny (Rosamund Pike) observes from her happy marriage the complicatedly messy lives of her two closest friends, Polly (Megan Dodds) and Linda (Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh). Polly escapes from a mother jealous of her beauty into a marriage that gets her disinherited and leaves her ultimately alone when her husband falls for the pretty male cousin who has supplanted her; Linda falls in turn for an Anglo-German banker, a posh young Communist who ships her off to the Spanish Civil War, and a brilliant doomed French aristocrat. Mingled with this sweet-sour material is the memorable comic relief: Linda's monstrous father and world-weary mother, the eccentric and affectionate Lord Merlin (John Wood) and Fanny's long-absent mother, the Bolter (Frances Barber). This has everything we expect from a BBC serial--excellent casting, a strong sense of period, and fast-paced direction. --Roz Kaveney
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