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Carol
This is the tale of two women with totally opposite background who end up in a surprising relationship, a young ambitious photographer and women of older age who is currently going through a tough divorce.
1958, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, USA
4 December 1948, Columbus, Ohio, USA
27 September 1974, Seattle, Washington, USA
29 June 1986, Medina, Ohio, USA
27 May 1977, New York City, New York, USA
February 24, 2017
A film for anybody who has ever fallen in and out of love, dealing with hopeless infatuation and the slow transition to the messy reality that all but threatens to burn out the initial spark, Carol is more than just a gorgeously crafted period piece.January 10, 2017
Everything is so perfectly beautiful in Carol, director Todd Haynes' '50s melodrama, that it more closely resembles a museum diorama than a movie -- until its luminous stars, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, breathe life and passion into it.December 25, 2015
The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far more personal than political.February 27, 2017
To call Carol a Christmas miracle feels like a gaudy understatement, but that's sort of exactly what it is.August 16, 2016
The smile of recognition and understanding that closes things out is an unforgettable celebratory stunner that shook me right to my very core.January 15, 2016
Haynes taps into universal anxieties about love and relationships without ever letting go of the sense of imprisonment that came with being gay in the 1950s.January 10, 2017
What Haynes gets so perfectly right with this film really is the very specific sense of time and place.March 23, 2017
So enraptured was I by the look of the movie, I was almost able to overlook the fact that we don't actually get a lot of dialogue between the two women.January 03, 2016
Haynes maintains the film's temperature at a low simmer and expertly brings it to the boil, but while "Carol" builds to a scene of intense eroticism, it's mostly about all the things you can't reach out and touch.August 16, 2016
This is a slender movie that Haynes gives plenty of antique atmosphere.December 29, 2015
As a love story this left me unsatisfied, though I enjoyed the lush period trappings and the flattering sense of how enlightened I am compared to people in the 1950s.