Review of Carol (2015) by Lifeaswe K — 23 Feb 2016

Carol is a romantic-drama film that's directed by Todd Haynes.The two main stars of the movie are Cate Blanchett as Carol and Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet.

This movie is set in 1950s and it follows Carol and Therese who form a bond,after meeting in a department store,and they soon begin to fall in love with each other but that is followed by complicated consequences.

I really did not think much of this movie,the stars do a pretty fine job especially Cate Blanchett but unfortunately I did not find Rooney Mara's performance to be nowhere near as good as some have suggested.Overall I would say this is an overrated movie that got a lot of buzz,which in my opinion came with the leading stars being female and the subject touching on the lesbian matter (and consequences of the time period that the movie takes place).

The story became predictable by the end,the direction was not very good either simply because the way that the director chose to display this movie out has already been done before many times.

However, I did love the score though,as it made some not-so-well made scenes have more weight to them and also gave the dialogue a little much needed punch.Also, the cinematography and the scenery is beautiful throughout as the 1950s come to life on the big screen in an amazing way.

I was bored in some parts and also had quite a few issues but all in all this is a well made and good looking/well acted movie enough to get a pass as a GOOD movie (but not much else).