Carol
Movie • 2015 • Romance
ReportIn 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
This movie contains 9 potentially triggering events.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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In a way, Carols (ex)husband has sent someone to spy and record them
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There are a couple of verbal arguments, one that turns into a physical scuffle, between Carol and her husband.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is there addiction?
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Every character smokes a lot. Carol is unhappy when she runs out of cigarettes.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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takver
At one point Harge is seen visibly drunk; he gets into a physical altercation with Carol. Once or twice characters make references to needing a drink if they are feeling sad or upset. Otherwise there's a fair amount of social drinking within reason.
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Is someone restrained?
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During an argument between Carol and Harge, Carol repeatedly tries to leave and go back into the house, but Harge repeatedly grabs her and prevents her from leaving.
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Jezebel
Non-consensual voyeurism. All the sex is enthusiastically agreed to however.
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Does someone cheat?
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Carol and her husband are about to get a divorce, and she develops romantic & sexual feelings for Therese.
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Does someone vomit?
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gwerth
Towards the end of the film where Abby is driving Therese back to New York. The car pulls over to the side of the road and Therese runs out and v* a little bit. No sound and the camera is far away and it's not much, either—more like retching out of grief/emotional distress. It didn't bother me too much even as an emetophobe.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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There is cheating but involving a lesbian in a comphet relationship that’s already in the middle of a messy divorce, not a bisexual
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Carol gets treated like she has a mental illness for being gay, however. She has to see a psychotherapist etc.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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it is rated R, so they say “fuck” a few times—the only one i remember is abby saying it to the husband when he comes to her house looking for carol
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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libby_
Not really watched so much as audio recorded, but Carol and Therese have consensual sex that is taped without their knowledge for it to be used against Carol in a custody battle
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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It's not deliberate but at the end of the movie Carol looks at the camera as if it were another character
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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takver
No slurs, but obviously there's a lot of homophobia in this movie. Carol gets denied access to her daughter because of it.
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Candycrystals
Both are adults, but Therese is over 10 years younger than Carol and she is referred to by one of Carol's friends as a "young one."
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Sex
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raginglesbian
The two main characters have sex, but you can only see their upper body. I'm usually triggered by sex but I didn't care much about this.
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Are there nude scenes?
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takver
Top nudity only
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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reesew
in the book, yes, but in the film it doesn’t seem like she’s a virgin
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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SiRenfield
Maybe ,but then again it’s probably not recommended to let your children watch an R-rated movie that contains at least one s*x scene
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Does it have a sad ending?
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SiRenfield
The ending is more bittersweet and also a bit ambiguous since it kind of “stops” at a certain point (but I don’t mean that in a bad way)
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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a car honks
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Is there gun violence?
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Carol does have a gun and does point it at someone but it’s never fired.
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