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About these ads  Sterritt ** Remake of the 1950 comedy about a
couple with almost more kids than they can count, focusing on
how football-coach dad (Martin) and book-writing mom (Hunt)
learn they've got to spend more time at home. Soft, sentimental,
and as unlike real family life as you can get.  Cold Mountain
(R)  Director: Anthony Minghella. With Nicole Kidman, Jude Law,
Renée Zellweger. (155 min.)  Sterritt ** Just as the Civil War
is breaking out, a young Southern couple falls in love, and the
man (Law) deserts the Confederate army for a long trek home to
his love, who's been struggling for survival against mighty
odds. The story builds some melodramatic momentum, but its
celebration of endurance and romance is interrupted by episodes
of suffering that smack more of sensationalism than candor and
compassion. The fine cast is also misused - especially Kidman,
who looks as unruffled at the end of her torments as before they
began, and Zellwege