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Carol is beautiful and emotionally stirring

Carol will rattle your heart and leave you wanting more. This lesbian romantic drama film is both aesthetically pleasing and cinematically genius. Admittedly, the plot moves slower than most other modern romantic movies; in fact, while I was enchanted, I overheard a couple in the audience mumbling about how boring it was and how they snoozed off. However, Carol’s slow pace is more than made up for by the film’s beauty and elegance. Inspired by the 1952 novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, the movie whisks the audience  back to an enchanting 1950s vision of Manhattan. The plot…

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