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Carol (15)

Drama, Romance

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


The critical consensus

Mara and Blanchett make for an unforgettable couple in a beautiful film about longing, loss and the confusion and wonder of love.

****(*)Nev Pierce, Empire Online, 20/11/2015

Under Haynes’ sure hand, Blanchett and Mara deliver a love story to melt to. Every glance means something, no strain shows: it’s filmmaking as natural as breathing.

*****Kevin Harley, Total Film, 23/11/2015

Stylish romantic thriller.

****(*)Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 27/11/2015

The writing and performances are superb, the production design and costumes by Judy Becker and Sandy Powell tremendous. And the effect is intoxicating.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26/11/2015

Todd Haynes's latest feature is a subtle, moving and deceptive story of two women (brilliantly played in very contrasting styles by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara) who refuse to live against "their own grain".

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 27/11/2015

A sad heartbreaker of a film. while Blanchett conveys a real sense of the vulnerability beneath Carol’s pose of worldweary charm and polish.

*****Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 27/11/2015

Sumptuously designed, subtly written and superbly acted.

****(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 29/11/2015

One of the most beautiful love stories ever told.

*****Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies, 25/11/2015

I found it monotonous and strangely unengaging.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 29/11/2015

Todd Haynes’s flawless adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel is a ravishing tour de force.

*****Mark Kermode, The Observer, 29/11/2015


Features about Carol (15)

Todd Haynes: 'She said, there's a frock film coming up, with Cate attached.. It sounded right up my alley'

Rachel Cooke, The Observer, 15/11/2015

Carol: the best Patricia Highsmith adaptation to date?

John Patterson, The Guardian, 23/11/2015

Carol, a New York love story with salt 'n' sauce

Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 29/11/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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