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Carol is based on a 1952 novel The Price of Salt, written by Patricia Highsmith. This is a story dealing with lesbian love, and it would have created quite a se

Carol Movie Review

Carol Movie Review English Movie Review
Review for the film " Carol"
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Runtime: 1 Hour 57 Minutes
Certificate: A
Released: 24-02-2016
Genre: Romance, Drama
4 / 5.0
3.75 / 5.0

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Carol is based on a 1952 novel The Price of Salt, written by Patricia Highsmith. This is a story dealing with lesbian love, and it would have created quite a sensation at that time. Now let’s see how the onscreen version is. 

Plot

Carol is set in the 1950s. And Carol, who is an affluent homemaker, has ‘desires’ for Therese Belivet (a 20 something girl working in a department store;she has a boyfriend too) that she expresses in a subtle manner. Well, this is enough to comprehend the plot of the story. 

Watch the movie to find out whether Carol’s (who is a mother too) desire, which has a strong impact on Therese, is accepted. 

Star Performances

Cate Blanchett surely has a powerful onscreen charisma, and she gives a topnotch performance. She is seen in the movie with coats and dark lipsticks and is at her stylish best. And when she craves for both the love of her daughter (her husband poses a threat that he will take away the daughter from Carol) and Rooney she is incredible. Rooney Mara Her full name is Patricia Rooney Mara. She was bor >> Read More... has done a role of a lifetime as she gets attracted to a woman and walks away from her boyfriend. As the susceptible little girl, she virually steals the show. Sarah Paulson Sarah was born on December 17, and the year of 197 >> Read More... though has a minimal role, does a convincing job as the intimate companion of Cate. 

Analysis

Todd Haynes has worked on films centered on women and in the film he executes the culpable feeling that most women get when they succumb to selfish joys. It is a surprise as to how a man can work on a women-centric film with such finesse. 

It is to be noted that most of the important scenes in the movie happen in a car. Well, a car too seems to have a role in this movie!

What’s there?

  • The love shared between Cate and Rooney is honest.
  • Phyllis Nagy’s screenplay is good.
  • Even melancholy looks beautiful in this movie. 

What’s not there?

  • The dialogues are not as effective as the expression of the eyes. 
  • Sometimes one may feel that the movie treads in the path of too much obsession with the essence of the film.  

Verdict

Even if one may not appreciate the core concept of the film, the plucky facets of the lead characters on the screen will surely leave a mark. 


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