Carolina (2004)
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58% of users liked it
(8,258 ratings)
Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris directs the romantic comedy Carolina, written by Los Angeles-based screenwriter Katherine Fugate. Julia Stiles stars as Carolina Mirabeau, a young woman who grows up in an eccentric southern family. She and her two sisters -- Georgia (Azura Skye) and Maine (Mika… More Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris directs the romantic comedy Carolina, written by Los Angeles-based screenwriter Katherine Fugate. Julia Stiles stars as Carolina Mirabeau, a young woman who grows up in an eccentric southern family. She and her two sisters -- Georgia (Azura Skye) and Maine (Mika Boorem) -- have been raised by their well-meaning if meddling grandmother (Shirley MacLaine). Carolina's family seems to think that she should marry the novelist Albert (Alessandro Nivola), whom she has known since childhood. However, when she starts dating the well-to-do Heath (Edward Atterton), Albert becomes very jealous. Carolina has to choose which man she wants without letting her grandmother take over. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marleen Gorris
- Written By
- Katherine Fugate
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax Films
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
C-grade rom-com
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Betty Jo Tucker, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
As played flamboyantly by Shirley MacLaine, Carolina's grandmother exudes raw energy, bold determination and an unwavering love for her dysfunctional family.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Plays out like an antidote to films like Napoleon Dynamite that seem to exist for no other reason than to make audiences feel superior to lower-class buffoons.
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Cast
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Julia Stiles
as Carolina
- Shirley MacLaine
- Randy Quaid
- Alan Thicke
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Edward Atterton
as Heath
- Jennifer Coolidge
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Alessandro Nivola
as Albert
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Mika Boorem
as Maine
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Azura Skye
as Georgia
- Daveigh Chase
- Ana Ortiz
- Dwight Armstrong
- John Capodice
- Lauri Johnson
- Lisa Sheridan
- Michael Panes
