- Studio: Gramercy Pictures (I)
- Release Date: May 10, 1996
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- Starring: Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry
- Summary: A young woman orphaned in London is forced to take up residence with a group of oddball relatives at their farm.
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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100Around town, Stephen Fry ("Peter's Friends"), as a fluty artiste, dogs Flora with his devotion and declares, "I'm engorgedly in love with you!" That's how I feel about this gem.
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100John Schlesinger's rollicking version of Stella Gibbons's novel is acted with the highest of spirits by Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen, Freddie Jones, and many others.
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80Thanks to Schlesinger's exacting direction and Malcolm Bradbury's witty, restrained script, these characters are kept more amusing than horribly pitiable.
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50Cold Comfort Farm may be hysterically funny to regular readers of Hardy, Lawrence, Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, but it won't ring many bells for the rest of us.
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[Anonymous]10Uncontrollably funny that hurts the ribcage more and more with each subsequent viewing!
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