Bryan Murphy's Blog - Posts Tagged "sleep"

A steamy lesbian romance taken from The Price of Salt, a story by the acid queen of crime, Patricia Highsmith. What could possibly go wrong? I guess the answer is: Hollywood. First, it cannot resist the temptation to try to suffuse with glamour one of the least glamorous periods of USAmerican history, the 1950s. The result, “Carol”, is as artificial as one of those 1950s postcards using touched-up colour. Then there is the waste of two major acting talents: Cate Blanchett, who seems to be playing an actress forced to play the stereotypical rich-bitch with a heart, and Rooney Mara, who seems to be playing an actress forced to play the stereotypical ingénue. Their characters are extended instead of developed, whereas the minor characters are more interesting but not pursued. Its only saving grace, for me, is its soporific effect.