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A Bit Too Twee For Me
Cold Comfort Farm spoofs the gloomy British novels of the 18th and 19th centuries, by dropping a modern-minded young London lady with her efficient ideas about how to tidy up life (Kate Beckinsale) into the middle of her "Wuthering Heights"-like country cousins. This movie requires some knowledge of those "it was a dark & stormy night" novels (Thomas Hardy, the Bronte sisters) to get the humor of the premise, and is probably best appreciated by people who know that genre very well. Otherwise, it comes off as a well-acted little story about a clever girl from the 1920s straightening out her weird, ignorant relatives down on the farm.

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I am very pleased to find this video DVD called "Cold Comfort Farm" a British comedy seen on TV years thirty ago. The DVD was just what I wanted and to receive it here in Tasmania so quickly. If you have not tried Amazon, come on and try. You will be pleased as I am.
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Cold Comfort Farm
Have a running curiosity to "see" how and why the British filmmakers are quite adroit at producing their films....this example caught my eye from PBS and needed it for my library!

Making fun of oneself is, well, funny
Cold Comfort Farm has its tongue firmly implanted in cheek. It is a satire that enjoys making fun of human foibles and British society. The story is set on a Dickensian farm in rural England, and the humor is largely derived from the gentle humor poked at the characters' "types". There is the fire and brimstone preacher, the crazy, depressed Ida Doom, the handsome, virile stud-muffin, etc... Each is a caricature of the worst in human society, but Flora is able to see each person's potential to step out of character and become someone else; each person is able to become who they always wanted to be. The story is funny and charming and has a happy ending.

British Humor in a Rural Setting
We watched this movie on the recommendation of a friend and found it just a little strange. Neither of us had read the 1932 book by Stella Gibbons and was exposed to the plot for the first time via the movie; we both suspected that the book developed the characters and situations more completely.

The movie gets off to a slow start and presents Flora Poste, the Kate Beckinsale character, as a rather self-centered controlling young lady who is initially something of a put-off.

The other characters were generally over-stated characters that verged on caricatures in a typical fashion for British humor; not necessarily bad, just a little extreme. Whereas we are devoted fans of British drama, we occasionally have a little problem with some British humor.

Her curiosity compels her to choose a most unlikely place to live, a remote farm called Cold Comfort Farm; she seems confident she can whip it into shape in accordance with her personal standards. The movie records her adventures in doing that and also reveals how the experience is also changing her for the better.

The pace of the movie picks up about mid-point and we found ourselves beginning to really find the movie amusing (using the recommended term as per the movie).

If you are a fan of British comedy, with all that implies, you will probably enjoy this one; I suggest you rent it first and put it to the test before you buy.

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