What is Carol about?
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
A department store clerk in 1950s New York finds intimate, melancholic romance with an older, married woman.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free) and Tubi (free).
Carol parents guide
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byTodd Haynes
StarringCate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson, John Magaro
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Carol is on our Christmas, Road trips, LGBTQ+, Set in New York and Romance on Prime Video lists.
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