Carolyn Calder,
Dan Cadan,
Dolly Wells,
Duncan McHardy,
Jim Wilson
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A thriller set in a remote Scotland port town, centering around Morvern Callar, an impoverished supermarket clerk. When her writer boyfriend commits suicide, Morvern, covers it up. Immediately followi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 16, 2003
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October 2, 2009Lynne Ramsay is a brilliant director and Samantha Morton is fantastic. Not for everyone but this is one of the best films of the 2000's so far!
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December 1, 2008strange film but i liked it. samantha morton is always worth watching. more modern than ratcatcher but almost as stunning to look at. very nice soundtrack too.
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November 25, 2008Interesting movie...not entirely successful, but compelling in its own bizarre way. Lynne Ramsay has a hell of a good eye behind the camera and her music selections are superb. For someone with such a solid sense of style, and an unintrusive way of splicing it into a narrative, R...( read more)
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November 24, 2008Lynne Ramsay's second feature, called simply yet mysteriously after the main character, "Morvern Callar", it's a rare, uncompromising and ultimately moving picture one may open her/himself or close to but from sitting to it with open mind may come great rewards.
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April 6, 2008A good film that could've been great if it hadn't fallen apart in its 3rd act.
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December 14, 2009Amazing movie. It has definitely one of the best soundtracks ever and Samantha Morton gives such a calm yet layered performance, she's truly haunting; one viewing is clearly not enough to fully understand all of her character.
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September 23, 2008Mix tapes from the dead and stolen novels, mean ambigious beautifully photographed crowded dance halls and lonely deserts.
After Morvern's boyfreind kills himself on Christmas Day, he leaves a note saying "don't try to understand, be strong, pay ...(read more) for my funeral ...( read more) -
Critic Reviews
October 24, 2003
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
June 5, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A film about youthful confusion made without a moment of artistic immaturity or indecision. full review
April 18, 2003
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Even if both films are about accidental sinners, Morvern Callar turns out to be a very different, and more difficult, film than Ratcatcher. full review
March 28, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
This odd, poetic road movie, spiked by jolts of pop music, pretty much takes place in Morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress, and to her inventive director, that the journey ... full review
January 31, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling. full review
January 31, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
We watch Samantha Morton so closely, with such fascination, because she is able to embody a universe of wounded privacy. full review
January 17, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Strange, moody film that could easily have seemed like a willful wallow in the macabre but for the odd truth of Morton's performance and the psychologically penetrating direction of Lynne Ramsay. full review
December 20, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
A work of astonishing delicacy and force. full review
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