Cate Blanchett. No other words needed.
So if a movie doesn´t have tons of explosions and hundreds of CGI shots it gets lower rates ? Otherwise I´m at a loss to explain why the average for this is so low (It was below 7 at the time of writing). Me, I could watch two hours of Cate Blanchett sitting on a chair. Beautifully made movie, enjoyed every second.
Who wouldn't fall in love with Cate Blanchett? What a beautiful film.
Better than I expected. There is something about Cate Blanchett, she's so classy to me. It held my attention, loved the music. And a happy ending, which is rare in a lesbian-centric movie
ever since i first saw Carol in theatres on opening day back in December 11, 2015 after missing my flight to mexico, cinema has gone downhill. i genuinely can't think of a more perfect movie than Carol. this is a film about seeing and being seen, looking and being watched, longing and being received. it's a film about women finding redemption in a world made small, unfriendly and inhospitable by stupid, egotistical, controlling men. every single look or touch shared between carol and therese is so deeply imbued with unspoken feeling and warmth.
this movie makes me shout let's go lesbians but it also makes me sad, angry, and sob. there's a million things i could say about this movie, this movie means so much to me... but specifically therese means so much to me because it's so true to my Life. SOME MOVIES CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER. Carol makes me wanna set myself on fire but it also gives me hope.
when someone asks you what is art, you show this film
The only regret I have about watching this movie is that I wish I could see it for the first time again. Beautifully artistic, great casting, and a so-needed lesbian love story that is just that, a love story.
i dont remember the last time ive watched a movie directed in a so delicated way. a truly masterpiece
I don't see this movie in the glowing light of others in this comment section, but I absolutely adored it for many of its subtle attributes. Mainly, I was taken by this movies for delicate approach to such a love story. Time is taken to watch these two different people at completely opposite stages of their life collide and spiral down the rabbit hole of love. It's never played to tantalise or spur the audience, we just see the love of these two people unfold before us, and that is refreshing to see in an industry where sex sells and is usually the headline act. Production is also wonderful, with the 50s captured beautifully with the use of 16mm film and the grain it affords.
All that being said, it never transcended to excellency for me. There are some great monologues from our two main stars that will be infinitely quoted for years to come, but I never really felt a personal connection between the people on screen and myself. In an attempt to leave things unsaid, I feel the movie felt a little sterile and distant, possibly leaving far too much to the interpretation of the audience and their own self-insertion. Nonetheless, still a great film that kept me enveloped from start to finish, even if the main captivation was due to the beauty of the film itself.
I came upon this film, and I can confidently say that it was memorable. It was a wonderful story that delved into this encounter between two kindred souls, which blossomed into quite the affair. It took time to develop, with the 1950s serving as the perfect background to help already establish the atmosphere of this film. It had a sense of nostalgia, but it also was enclosed in some mystery. I greatly enjoyed watching this story unfold, and the ending really sealed the deal. All I can say is that I have great admiration for the crew who planned and directed this film, and for the actresses, I would like to express how marvelous it was.
Masterpiece.
I hope we can watch this move every year with my lovely friend yagmur and make this a ritual. Also soundtracks were awesome for a person like me whom in love with soundtracks.
What is the nature of love? If you strip it of our ingrained, fetishized, idealized notions that religion, society, our own upbringing, (good or bad) with all of the Hallmark card sentiment, absent class, race, identity politics, and aggrandizing alphabetical branding, isn't love just two people who meet, and know they want to be together, sometimes in utter disregard of what everyone else thinks?
If you're looking for some sort of lurid, sensational, over the top depiction of a lesbian romance, this ISN'T your movie. Actually, you could make the protagonists in Carol a mixed race couple in the 50's, or two people from "different sides of the tracks", or different cultural backgrounds, and it would still be a compelling story. But, the fact that these two people fall (HARD) for each other in a time that was SO repressed that there wasn't even the faintest notion that this was a legitimate possibility, and, in Rooney Mara's characters case, not even really having the vocabulary to express what she was feeling, but just knowing she was indeed feeling it, makes for a compelling watch.
...And then of course there is Cate Blanchett..., that normally would be "nuff said", but, here, she is in full Grace Kelly mode, exuding an elegance and style, yet, with an undertone of ferocity that almost gives one pause. It is understandable why both men and women could fall for her. She and Rooney are a marvel to watch, even in their stillest moments. They can do more with a a tilt of the head, a smile, or a tremble, than many actors could with an entire page of dialog.
Sara Paulson is steadying force for both characters, and adds a lot with the few scenes she has, as does Kyle Chandler as the soon to be ex husband, still in love, but having to come to grips with a wife that it turns out, is "that sort of woman". And there's no one to help him with that.
Gorgeously shot on super 16 film stock to give it a period grittiness, with sets and costumes that add to the production without making it a kitschy "period piece", Carol is a story about love lost, love found, and love rediscovered, no politics necessary.
Absolutely sensational. Well worth the wait for it to come to my theatre! Cate Blanchett is incredible and this film was a masterpiece and I would see it again and again and again.
a masterpiece... you just can't put it out in words...
Absolutely breathtaking. A true lesson in screen chemistry and tension. The cinematography and score frame their relationship perfectly and all the changes from the book enhance the story tenfold. Cate Blanchett is a vision to behold here and I feel that as a viewer you can't help but fall for Carol just as Therese does.
this beautiful gay movie changed my life
A perfect evocation of a time and place where love is restricted by the morals of society. Blanchett and Mara are wonderful.
Carol is a romantic drama that tries to get by on the talent of its two lead actresses alone, and it almost works. The story follows a divorcée who befriends a department store clerk while Christmas shopping, and asks her to join her on a holiday road trip. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara give strong performances. However, there’s something disturbing about their characters’ relationship; as Blanchett comes off as rather predatory and manipulative. Additionally, the plot doesn’t really go anywhere and the character development is poor. But the production values, costumes, set designs, cinematography, and score, are exceptionally well-done; creating an atmospheric and picturesque vision of the 1950s. Yet Carol is ultimately an unsatisfying film that’s pretty pointless.
this movie broke my heart
They end up together after all... this is an amazing movie! Wow!
Visually really stunning — the pictures are an hode to Saul Leiter — but story wise a bit longpasted. The acting is perfect though.
Filme maravilhoso! Cate Blanchett está divina.
It is absolutely gorgeous, Cate and Kate are superb, the film is shot with exquisite taste, it deserves all the awards
this movie is possibly gay
I found Harge's character quite interesting. I haven't read the book but from what I could gather from the movie, Harge is not against same sex relationships or he doesn't feel anything wrong with them. it's just that he loves his wife very much and it's unacceptable to him that she is leaving him for someone else. It almost felt like a love triangle where no one is at fault.
Thank you Cate Blanchett for portraying Carol. Phyllis Nagy did an excellent job writing Carol from the shadow character she was in the novel. And with that... the novel is 100% worth the read. Alone this film stands at a 5-6 range imo, but with the novel's perspective as well. It reaches an 8, for sure!
"The Price of Salt" (Patricia Highsmith) gives voice to Therese, whom I think lacks depth within Carol, the film, and I think to truly understand the love between these women, both perspectives are needed!
In the age of sex appeal and action and violence, Carol is a film that is a character study on a repressed mother who for a long time hasn't been free to be 100% herself and a young woman finding herself for the first time. Just as I had written in my goodreads review of the book, this is a story of "coming of age" despite the differences in life stages.
And of final note, more credit should be given to Kyle Chandler for his portrayal of Harge Aird. He plays the complexity of hanging onto social status while wrestling with this loss. There's a grace that he gives Harge, who is written as a very hard & lonely & hurting man.
What a snooze fest my god
Main characters don't have great chemistry. And the Sims 4 music was very annoying, but overall the movie wasn't that bad.
Beautifully executed and gorgeous throughout. First and foremost, a love story between two people.
I love that this film so clearly shows that freedom of self is paramount in life.
Carol: “There was a time when I would have done almost anything. I would have locked myself away to keep Rindy with me. What use am I to her, to us, if I'm living against my own grain?”
In Germany this is rated for 6 year old kids. Thankfully in the medieval US this is rated R to protect everyone from the gay invaders.
A good movie with simple plot but great directing and acting perfomances.. 6.9/10
"I don't know what I want. How could I know what I want if I say yes to everything?".
Carol is set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk dreams of a better life for himself and finds himself falling for an older, married woman.
Before Carol was even release, it had a lot of Oscar talk with the two main leads and the story itself. It's one of those period piece movies that people start talking about how many awards it's going to win (It's mostly Gold Derby predictions) and not actually talking about the movie itself, only the awards and it's quite sad when I think about it. But all that a side, I've been anticipating Carol for awhile now, just because of the two main stars and the beautiful teaser trailer that got me interested in seeing it. And after seeing Carol I am lost with words right now, I mean wow. It's without a doubt the best movie of the year.
Cate Blanchett continues to amaze me and I don't think it's going to stop anytime soon. Shes tremendous in everything movie I've seen her in and in Carol she amazed me even more. Blanchett was absolutely phenomenal in this movie as she delivered such a powerful performance. It's by far her best performance and movie (In my personal opinion). I basically ran out of things to say about her, since I always say the same good things about her performance. I think sometimes things are too brilliant to be put into words and it's best to be watched.
Rooney Mara has come along way, because if you look at her track record of all the movies shes been in. She can star in a bad movie like the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and then later appear in The Social Network. Same thing can be said this year as she was in "Pan" which was a massive piece of crap and she was so bad in that movie, but not here, because Mara gives a stunning and brilliant performance. Mara and Blanchett both deliver a stellar performance and both of them had great chemistry, I mean it was really touching and quite beautiful to watch.
With a movie like this you would think the romance between the two would be overly sloppy or repetitive like some romantic movies, but not this one. There's only a few scenes in this movie where one of them say "I love you" but that's it and it's never repeated. The thing I love about this movie is that the romance didn't feel force or cliche. The one thing I can't stand in romance movies is where the two lovers talk about how much they love each other and why they love each other, I mean screenwriting like that is just the worse, but Carol avoids all that and goes for a creative way of showing the romance that's best to be seen and felt. There's a scene in this movie that's personally my favorite scene of this year so far, and that's when the two of them are in the car going through a highway tunnel. Then we get to see Rooney Mara character (Therese) point of view as she looks at Carol and you as an audience member get to see what makes Carol so special in Therese's eyes. The scene itself has no dialogue, it was beautifully shot and it's short but wonderful. It may not mean a lot to some people but to me it dose and I wish we had more film making like this, because it's an original and brilliant way of showing human connection, I mean it's much better than the character's repeatedly saying "I love you" to each other.
Todd Haynes did an excellent job directing this movie. Everything that a good director should do in movies is what Todd Haynes dose here. He's the glue to all of this and he brilliantly crafted such a powerful film.
The cinematography in the movie was magnificent as it had the perfect shots that fitted the story really well. The art direction, the costumes, and the writing were flawless.
Now for the flaws: My only flaw in this movie has to be that some of the supporting characters were pretty forgettable and could have easily be cut out of the movie.
Overall Carol is a beautifully crafted movie that tells an emotional story that's so nailed down to reality. It's a movie worth seeing if you haven't checked it out yet.
While the men are nothing more than uninspired archetypes, the leads keep the film humming at a quiet and subtle pace.
I liked this movie, well done, should have won an Oscar...period. #ShiftvW8
الستة للتصوير ! و جزء من تمثيل كيت الباقي ماحبيته
A big masterpiece, this year the Oscar goes to Cate.
sensational in every aspect .
Great adaptation of the book. Marvelous movie. I'm still amazed by it.
well done Cate and Rooney. such a beautiful movie
The Cate's smile...she flung out of space
Shout by emilyBlockedParent2015-12-20T19:27:37Z
An absolute masterpiece. No other words.