Morvern Callar

Movie

2002

1h 37m

English

Drama

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6.8

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After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.

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Morvern Callar

Movie

2002

1h 37m

English

Drama

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Watch on The Criterion Channel

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.

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Samantha Morton

Morvern Callar

Kathleen McDermott

Lanna Phimister

Raife Patrick Burchell

Boy in Room 1022

Dazzer

Tequila Sheila

Welcoming Courier

Guy with Hat's Mate

Gypsy Taxi Driver

Overdose

Him

Sick Girl / Bikini Girl

Green Boy #1

Red Hanna

Couris Jean

Guy with Hat

Rick, the American Courier

Vito Rocco

Swimming Pool Courier

Dave

Green Boy #2

Creeping Jesus

Spanish Mother

Susan

Tom Boddington

Vanessa (uncredited)

Extra (uncredited)

Directed By: Lynne Ramsay

Written By: Lynne Ramsay (Screenplay), Alan Warner (Novel), + 1 more

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glasgow1975 says...

2 months ago

I feel this is an OK adaptation of the book. There are some odd changes (She leaves her friend at the resort, not drags her out to the wilderness, the book deal was done in London not Spain) the film also lacks the visceral connection she has to music, which is almost a soundtrack to the novel. A few shots of her with earphones in doesn't cut it...

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soonertbone says...

one year ago

One thing about people who are drunk or high: things are way more interesting to them than they are to outsiders. And this was a movie that left me feeling distinctly aware that I was on the outside looking in, meaning that I participated as a viewer and didn’t find myself feeling a lot of empathy or connection with the characters. Still a lovely performance by Morton and a great soundtrack, but I left wanting more.

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AdamMorgan says...

3 years ago

I really wanted to love this movie more than I did. At front and center is a young woman who recently lost her boyfriend (details withheld) and decides to go on a series of adventures with his money. As the story continues the girl devolves into some kind of nihilistic shell of herself. That's all well and good - while there was a ton of nuance in the main character as time went on it became less interesting to me. follow me at https://IHATEBadMovies.com or facebook IHATEBadMovies

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moonkodi says...

7 years ago

I like dialogue and at least some plot development in my drama. It just kind of works in telling a story. This pretty much had none and basks in the set up of grief. It looks pretty grim or grimly pretty, with the odd piece of music to stimulate in either a predictable contrast or pretentious way. Not my cup of tea. I don't see how it gets such good reviews. It felt like a medoicre photography art student made it.

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CinemaSerf

4 months ago

Samantha Morton is the eponymous, bored, supermarket check out girl whose boyfriend commits suicide. She hides his body, takes his money - and a book that he had recently completed and along with her best friend, sets off on some travels. Initially around a wet and windy Scotland before heading to S More

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