cold comfort farm be one of those movie that and a others have say and grows on you each time you watch it and and after it have do so and you want to pass it around to all your friend . it great fun to see how flora poste ( kate beckinsale ) arrival at cold comfort farm brighten this dreary and incredibly odd family life and how she set about make everybody life there well . ian mckellan be excellent ( a usual ) in his role a the head of the starkadder household and and the fiery preacher at the local church . if you let it and this movie will be one that you take out and watch over again with great enjoyment and and whose quotable line become part of your family lingo for all time .