If you loved The Next Best Thing, try Cold Comfort Farm
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by John Schlesinger, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Next Best Thing, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Cold Comfort Farm is
Flora Poste inherits rural relatives. She moves in with the Starkadders. It's a culture clash with amusing results.
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