Review of Carol (2015) by Rvwfromuphere — 12 Jan 2016

I am prepared for the amount of dislikes this review is going to get, and I do agree this is a very well made movie with outstanding performances, but I really didn't get the ending. Don't take my opinion into consideration %100 if you do plan on watching it, because regardless of my take on it this is definitely a movie worth watching and forming your own opinion about.

So here we go. The movie tells a love story focusing on the young and romantically inexperienced Rooney Mara and the older and very romantically experienced Kate Blanchett who is divorced from a jealous man and has a daughter whom she loves very much.

They go back and forth visiting each other randomly, getting each other gifts, you know, like lovers do. Then they randomly go on a road trip together, which is also fine, I'm still enjoying the movie.

Then they sleep together which seems to be the climax of the movie. Then Carol (Blanchett) finds out her husband has been spying on her and will not let Carol see her daughter anymore because of her less-than-wholesome lifestyle.

A few nights later Carol sneaks out of the room she is staying in with her lover and leaves. Rooney (I don't remember her name but it's not important for the sake of my rant) wakes up to find Carol is gone and has somehow magically arranged for a friend to pick up Rooney who is hundreds of miles away from home and drive her back to New York.

Carol leaves her a letter that basically says "I really like you but I have this whole crazy thing with my daughter going on right now so don't call me." Rooney is heartbroken, she tries to call Carol over the next few months but Carol ignores her.

Then Carol straightens out the issues with her daughter and out of the blue contacts Rooney and invites her to dinner. She says she's sorry for everything and wants everything to go back to normal. Rooney's like "Idk you were kind of really mean to me," and Carol responds, "Well I'm gonna eat dinner with some friends so stop by if you're still in love with me.

" Rooney leaves Carol and goes to a party and can't stop thinking about her so she ends up going to Carol's dinner and the movie ends with them staring at each other with fresh love in their eyes.

WHAT THE HELL TODD HAYNES?! Carol treats Rooney like a tissue (or whatever the female equivalent of a tissue would be) then all is forgiven? It's that easy? What's to stop Carol from changing her mind again and leaving Rooney all alone forever? How are critics okay with that super simplistic Disney ending? Actually it's not fair to compare it to Disney because when someone like Aladdin F#$%'s up he has to prove to Jasmine how great he is before the movie's over.

I understand there's a lot to like about this movie, and maybe I am missing a few things but based on what I've seen I cannot give it more than a 3 out of 5 for the awful taste in my mouth Carol has left.