Product Details

• Actors: Maury Chaykin, Margaret Langrick, Paul Gross, Jayne Eastwood, Ted Follows
• Directors: Vic Sarin
• Writers: Elliot L. Sims, James Garrard, Richard Beattie
• Producers: Nick Rotundo, Dan Johnson, Ilana Frank, Peter R. Simpson, Ray Sager
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301657659
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,186 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could not possibly have been better., January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cold Comfort [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you thought "Fargo" was funny, you MUST see this movie. This is a truly brilliant film with a very dark, very sick sense of humor. Paul Gross is a travelling salesman who wrecks his car in the middle of a stark Manitoba blizzard. Maury Chaykin, an erstwhile tow truck driver, rescues Gross -- then presents Gross to his daughter for her 18th birthday. Gross puts in a stellar performance as the hapless hostage who becomes smitten with Chaykin's daughter. His gradual progression from confident salesman to twitching, terrified victim is a rare treat. Chaykin perfectly complements Gross, bringing a wonderful subtlety to his role as the hair-trigger sociopath. Combine this fantastic acting with a script chock full of sick plot twists and inspired dialogue, and you've got yourself a winner!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King On Line 1. . . ., August 19, 2005

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D.R. Koontz (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Comfort [VHS] (VHS Tape)

And he says - "you've just stolen the plot for my novel Misery". Really it's a big twist on the basis of Stephen King's Misery. But I love Paul Gross. Anything Paul does is absolutely perfect by nature. So there you have it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars so so, February 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cold Comfort [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie was strange. I can't say it was good and I can't say it was bad. I guess if you like all the deeper meaning stuff it's pretty interesting. The acting was good. Maury Chaykin played insane very well. Although I can't watch this movie at one sitting, it's just a bit draggy.