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Carol
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Carol (2015)

Drama Romance
Rated R
118 min.
Release Date
November 20, 2015 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
March 15, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Todd Haynes
Writer
Phylis Nagy
Cast
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara
Running Time
118 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for a scene of sexuality/nudity and brief language

This is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novella "The Price of Salt," which tells the story of a lesbian romance in the '50s written by Highsmith under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The rather unprecedented homosexual love story--for the time in which it was written--follows the relationship between two very different women in 1950s New York, a 20-year-old girl working at a department store and a rich wife trapped in a bad marriage trying to... Full synopsis »

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Hey, it's Cate Blanchett doing her period-piece Cate Blanchett thing! Oh, and Rooney Mara as someone much less interesting than her Oscar-nominated turn as Lisbeth Salander! Quick, let's give them award buzz because they're playing lesbians back before lesbians were officially a thing! Full movie review »
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