Carol
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Critics Sentiment
Therese finds Carol in the Oak Room and they reunite
Tommy Tucker is revealed as Harge's private investigator
The film drops from its emotional peak at the New Year's Eve kiss to the plot mechanics of the private investigator revelation, before building to an even higher climax with the final reunion.
Carol builds steadily from an elegant meet-cute through growing intimacy to an emotional peak with the lovers' first kiss. The film briefly dips during plot-driven complications but soars to transcendent heights in its final reunion, with critics universally praising the authentic chemistry and visual storytelling throughout.
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Cate Blanchett
Carol Aird
Rooney Mara
Therese Belivet
Kyle Chandler
Harge Aird
Jake Lacy
Richard Semco
Sarah Paulson
Abby Gerhard
John Magaro
Dannie McElroy
Cory Michael Smith
Tommy Tucker
Kevin Crowley
Fred Haymes
Nik Pajic
Phil McElroy
Carrie Brownstein
Genevieve Cantrell
Trent Rowland
Jack Taft
Sadie Heim
Rindy Aird
Kk Heim
Rindy Aird
Amy Warner
Jennifer Aird
Michael Haney
John Aird
Wendy Lardin
Jeanette Harrison
Pamela Evans Haynes
Roberta Walls
Greg Violand
Jerry Rix
Michael Joseph Thomas Ward
Shipping Clerk
Kay Geiger
McKinley Motel Manager
Crew
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