Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 74 wins & 238 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
As a love story this left me unsatisfied, though I enjoyed the lush period trappings and the flattering sense of how enlightened I am compared to people in the 1950s.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
29 Dec 2015
fresh:
This is about two people who didn't know what their lives were until they met each other, then scrambling, in their muted, buttoned-up way, to figure out what happens next. Haynes loves them so much that he believes they can. You will too.
– Will Leitch,
The New Republic,
31 Dec 2015
fresh:
Haynes maintains the film's temperature at a low simmer and expertly brings it to the boil, but while "Carol" builds to a scene of intense eroticism, it's mostly about all the things you can't reach out and touch.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
3 Jan 2016
fresh:
Haynes taps into universal anxieties about love and relationships without ever letting go of the sense of imprisonment that came with being gay in the 1950s.
– David Sims,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan 2016
fresh:
This is a slender movie that Haynes gives plenty of antique atmosphere.