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Carol (2015)

November. 20,2015
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7.3
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R
| Drama Romance

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Alicia
2015/11/20

I love this movie so much

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Exoticalot
2015/11/21

People are voting emotionally.

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Dorathen
2015/11/22

Better Late Then Never

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Crwthod
2015/11/23

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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Kali
2015/11/24

This is my favorite queer romance movie. The acting was amazing; I love both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. They both were able to portray their characters in such a raw, authentic, beautiful way. You could tell that they both understood the story and their characters. The relationship between the two women was so tender and honest. Even though it is a story about two women falling in love, I do not think you need to be queer to like this movie. I also appreciated how subtle the film is. There is so much meaning in just a look or a touch. I thought it was even more meaningful than there being tons of dialogue because at that time there wasn't as much language around being LGBTQ+ like there is now. It made the dialogue all the more meaningful when they did speak. It really did feel like this movie could have been shot in the 1950's. I loved the cinematography and that they shot on real film. It really adds to the beauty and artistic nature of the film. I admire that how they filmed it made it so that you could see both of the characters points of view. I think this was very important so that you connect to both of the characters. In the novel by Patricia Highsmith called, A Price of Salt, it's all from Therese's point of view. Carol ends up being more of an object that Therese is infatuated with, rather than a real person. I enjoyed that they changed that; I think it makes the relationship and characters more authentic. I also loved that it ended on an optimistic note and that none of the queer characters were killed or portrayed as crazy. I would say that it's definitely a movie that you kind of have to understand how women and LGBTQ+ people were treated in the 1950's, otherwise you may not understand the characters or the story as deeply. It's also not a film for people who don't like subtly or who need a fast pace, action movie. This is not going to be that. I could say a lot about this film, but I think you should just give it a try. I'd certainly recommend it. You can watch it on Netflix or rent/buy it on Amazon.

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dingxueying
2015/11/25

This movie has some magic power and I got addictive to it for more than a year. I love the beautiful feeling between them, subtle but unforgettable! I thought I would cry before I watched it but it turned that I didn't. Then I release that moving things couldn't always make people cry, they may change into another form that makes people still can touch them over months and months. Some people may question that why these two women fell in love suddenly but that is how love runs like. You love someone before you notice that. Also! Love Cate and Rooney! Thank you for your perfect performances!

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alice-enland
2015/11/26

At its root, Carol is just another Hollywood sacrifice laid at the altar of marital infidelity. It's one of the few films other than Notes on a Scandal (another Blanchet project) that dares to show the predatory nature of lesbians. Despite the low review score I accord Carol, I recommend that it be watched on Netflix solely because of the beauty of the art direction and photography. I'm a sucker for movies set in the first half of the 1950s and I loved the time travel feeling I got while watching this. But . . . let's see. Carol targets Therese (pronounced tuh-REZE don't you know) while Christmas shopping in a NYC department store. For her daughter, Carol buys a model train set upon Therese's suggestion. Apparently a pretty young woman suggesting a masculine gift for a little girl was a gender bender signal in NYC in late 1952. Carol intentionally leaves her exquisite leather gloves on the counter when she leaves. Therese mails them back to her then follows up with a phone call. The tone of the call is the same as the tone of their first conversation in the department store and is the same as every other conversation they will have in the movie; dull as gray on brown. Not a hint of excitement or pleasure in either woman's voice. They meet again and Carol invites Therese out for Christmas. Enter Harge, Carol's cuckolder husband who instantly sniffs out the nature of the women's relationship. Harge is drunk and belligerent but he professes love for Carol and a desire to be together. Harge leaves with the daughter for Christmas in Florida. Things plod along. We see Therese taking some pictures, declining an advance by a nice fellow who works for the Times, and acting pretty disinterested in a guy who I think was her pre-Carol romantic interest. Next we have "Carole and Therese's Boring Road Trip" where they meet a geeky guy who is a travelling salesman of notions, although he tells them he doesn't know what notions are. That night things get hot and Therese tells Carol in a monotone "take me to bed." We then have a scene of perfunctory semi nudity (the wannabe star shows more skin than the star has to show). They fall asleep in each other's arms. More gray on brown. The ONLY emotion shown in the flick occurs the next morning when Carole finds out the notions salesman was a private eye who rented the room next to them and tape recorded the gray on brown lovemaking. Carol is distraught and leaves for New York and her friend (and former lover) Abby comes to drive Therese home. Fast forward to the pre-divorce attorney and client conference where Carol is pretty quick to give custody to Harge so long as she has visitation rights. Carol and Therese later meet for a drink and Therese declines an invitation to go to a fancy restaurant where Carol is meeting friends. After accepting a friend's invitation to a party, Therese later goes to the crowded restaurant and spots Carol at a table full of people. Therese ... walks ... slowly ... toward ... Carol ... until ... Carol ... sees ... her. Their gazes lock in what appears to be a freeze frame. The end. At last. Now, I've been in love, though never in a same sex relationship. And I've fallen hard, and I've been infatuated. But never have I been as emotionless about it all as these 2 were. I get that this was 1952 and that lesbians had to hide in plain site (like those 2 stereotypes in the record store) and I didn't expect them to be holding hands while walking down 5th Avenue. But . . . when they were alone, still gray on brown? Never a laugh, a smile, a joke, a wink, a giggle ... nothing. Just a lifeless reading of the script. The acting in this was pretty darn lousy if you ask me. Maybe they were just following the book but this doesn't show any character, much less character development. Maybe it was just a book that didn't need to be made into a movie. With the exceptions of the little girl and some of Therese's friends, everyone in this movie is bored to the point of self-destruction. It's Christmas in New York but where is the joy? It's as if a giant Hoover vacuum was used to suck the life out of New York. I'm giving it a 3 because I'm a nice person.

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stephanie-nbb
2015/11/27

She's a privileged kid who got easy breaks... And although that's totally fine, unfortunately her performances don't match her opportunities. She's one of the most overrated actresses out there right now. She's too busy trying to be cool and "different" to be remotely human or relatable. Cold and robotic is how she consistently comes across.

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