RomanceDrama

Carol

- Some people change your life forever.

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

Release Date : 2015-11-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Killer FilmsNumber 9 FilmsFilm4 Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : The Price of Salt

Cast

Character Name : Carol Aird

Original Name : Cate Blanchett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Therese Belivet

Original Name : Rooney Mara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harge Aird

Original Name : Kyle Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Semco

Original Name : Jake Lacy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abby Gerhard

Original Name : Sarah Paulson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dannie McElroy

Original Name : John Magaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommy Tucker

Original Name : Cory Michael Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Haymes

Original Name : Kevin Crowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil McElroy

Original Name : Nik Pajic

Gender : Male

Character Name : Genevieve Cantrell

Original Name : Carrie Brownstein

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Taft

Original Name : Trent Rowland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rindy Aird

Original Name : Sadie Heim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rindy Aird

Original Name : Kk Heim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jennifer Aird

Original Name : Amy Warner

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Aird

Original Name : Michael Haney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeanette Harrison

Original Name : Wendy Lardin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roberta Walls

Original Name : Pamela Evans Haynes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerry Rix

Original Name : Greg Violand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shipping Clerk

Original Name : Michael Joseph Thomas Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : McKinley Motel Manager

Original Name : Kay Geiger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Landlady

Original Name : Christine Dye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Motel Clerk

Original Name : Deb G. Girdler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Male Party Guest

Original Name : Douglas Scott Sorenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ritz Bartender

Original Name : Ken Strunk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frankenberg Security Guard

Original Name : Mike Dennis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florence

Original Name : Ann Reskin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Embarassed Mom

Original Name : Annie Kalahurka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drake Hostess

Original Name : Linnea Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : New York Times Clerk

Original Name : Steven Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Haymes's Secretary

Original Name : Tanya Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : NYC Waiter

Original Name : Ryan Wesley Gilreath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oak Room Waiter

Original Name : Chuck Gillespie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dorothy

Original Name : Jeremy Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Girl #1

Original Name : Giedre Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Girl #2

Original Name : Taylor Marie Frey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frankenberg Employee (uncredited)

Original Name : Liberty Fraysure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oak Room Patron / Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert J. Ashe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oak Room Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Anita Farmer Bergman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ted Grey (uncredited)

Original Name : Colin Botts

Gender : Male

Character Name : McKinley Motel Patron's Daughter (uncredited)

Original Name : Chelsea Carnder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Restaurant / Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Gary Chinn

Gender : Male

Reviews

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

> Just when it can't get any better... The first thing I noticed was after seeing the movie is there's some kind of mistake in the Oscars nominee. Rooney Mara should have been on the lead role list, while Cate Blanchett in the supporting character's. Maybe the Academy people misunderstood that the title role must be the lead character. Theirs switched place actually does not make any sense. Anyway the Oscars never made sense at all. This story was okay, but adapted screenplay and direction, especially the music was excellent. For the ending scene alone, you will be tempted to raise your rating than what you initially thought it deserves. I was not expecting the movie to be awesome, so I'm not upset for the overall movie. Believe me, the last thing I want in this movie is to see Cate Blanchett in naked. Maybe out of respect or her age or she's not attracted to me, there are plenty of reasons that I can't figure it out which one, but after knowing what this theme is, I was only praying for that not to happen. And obviously that is unavoidable, otherwise the movie will lose its soul and strength. Well, it was better than I thought, both the actresses were good, but Rooney Mara dominated. Whatever category she's in for the Oscars, I'll be happy if she wins. It is not a must watch, but a decent movie and betters in some parts. 7/10

mattwilde123

@mattwilde123

2021-06-23

'Carol' is beautifully shot and very maturely made. The acting was very class all around the film. The whole thing seemed like it was taken from the 40s. I loved how fine it all looked and felt and it deserved a lot more awards than it got. ★★★★

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-06

"Therese" (Rooney Mara) is pretty unfulfilled, clerking in a department store that's frequented by the far more interesting "Carol" (Cate Blanchett). Their first meeting ignites a spark, and that spark quite quickly takes over both of their lives as the story unfolds and there develops an inter-dependency between the women. The latter is married to the wealthy "Harge" (Kyle Chandler) but it's an hollow arrangement that is coming to an end in the divorce court - their daughter together proving to be quite an important pawn in those proceedings. "Therese" has a long-term boyfriend "Richard" (Jake Lacy) who wants to settle down and get married - so both have much to lose as their relationship becomes more important and intimate. "Harge" has shrewdly inserted a morality clause into their proposed shared custody arrangement and is none too shy of resorting to some fairly underhand methods of tracking his wife's activities to prove that she isn't fit to have any access at all to their child. We also have to consider the closeness of the friendship between "Carol" and her best friend "Abby" (Sarah Paulson) and by mid way through the internecine complexities of their lives they risk leaving everyone with nothing. It's a romance, this, but largely devoid of sentimentality. A love story that is more visceral in nature, where one love is essentially climbing on top of another for supremacy over the heart and the head! It's Mara who does most of the heavy lifting, her character seems the more plausibly conflicted; but Blanchett delivers well as the desperate mother increasingly hemmed in by circumstance little of her making. The film looks great, the production design and Carter Burwell's period score adding a richness to a theme that offers us some intricate characters and scenarios that are anything but straightforward. It's maybe just a little too dialogue heavy - there's a lot of verbiage - but that's incidental. It's still a classy piece of cinema.