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Morvern Callar Reviews

2002

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Movern Callar awakes on Christmas morning to the shocking discovery that her boyfriend has committed suicide and is lying in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor. She finds a manuscript of the novel that he has been writing and decides to dispose of his body and pass the novel off as her own work... Read more

Starring	Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire
Director	Lynne Ramsay
Genres	Drama

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- When Morvern (Morton), a supermarket assistant living in a small Scottish port, wakes to find her would-be-novelist... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  - 6
  A collection of nice moments rather than a good film
  
  After her striking debut 'Ratcatcher', Lynne Ramsay's second effort is a strange, mood-driven film which is only partially succesful. Samantha ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 17 Oct 2004 at 14:59
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  - 1
  Naked girls
  
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  Promising story line which never developed.The film drifted around and got nowhere despite the efforts of the two main actresses.
  
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- - a customer
  - 07 Dec 2011 at 19:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Not quite Ratcatcher...
  
  I thought this film was going to be something quite special. It was indeed a good film to look at, with a great and original storyline, well acted by the leads... read more »
  
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- - gingerspike
  - 261 reviews
  - Grimsby
  - 04 Dec 2011 at 22:53
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  - 0
  The Future of Cinema
  
  Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
  
  This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 06 Nov 2011 at 18:31
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  - 1
  Nothing happens...
  
  Really disappointing film, dialogue is sparse and it really is just a sequences of moments which aren't interesting, artistic or memorable.
  
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- - drluciensanchez
  - 1 review
  - 09 Apr 2011 at 14:53
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  Good work
  
  I first saw Morvern Callar at the cinema years ago- though at the time I was a student and my memory of it was rather hazy. So I rented it again to see if I ... read more »
  
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- - BeccyMalloi
  - 124 reviews
  - Kersey, Suffolk
  - 28 Feb 2011 at 11:00
- - 0
  - 2
  Utterly depressing
  
  Was soo looking forward to this film. Utterly depressing, no real dialogue. Switched off half way through. Total disapointment. Avoid at all costs!!!
  
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- - Honeystride
  - 3 reviews
  - Dunbar
  - 19 Aug 2010 at 22:28
- - 3
  - 0
  Good book, poor film.
  
  I found the book quite gripping, so I was disappointed to discover that the film was not even slightly so. It was far too long, and there were too many ... read more »
  
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  - suzanne1
  - 27 reviews
  - Swindon
  - 15 Jan 2010 at 22:29
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  - 0
  Fey meanderings
  
  I wanted to like this film. In fact I really, really wanted to love this movie. It is based on an incredibly enjoyable book and directed by a very promising ... read more »
  
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  - ToneWolfe
  - 21 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 30 Dec 2009 at 12:26
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  - 0
  Stylistically beautiful, well acted, original movie
  
  I'll confess now that I've never seen Ratcatcher - it's on my list but I was at university embedded in a cheap bottle of something in that bit of ... read more »
  
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- - bunchofsavages
  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 14:23
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  Poor: but I'm biased, having read the book first
  
  Alan Warner’s outstanding debut novel was always going to be difficult to adapt. But this feels like a corner-cutting attempt that results in a soulless ... read more »
  
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- - HuddsOn
  - 11 reviews
  - Huddersfield
  - 22 Apr 2009 at 21:05
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- - 25
  - 6
  A collection of nice moments rather than a good film
  
  After her striking debut 'Ratcatcher', Lynne Ramsay's second effort is a strange, mood-driven film which is only partially succesful. Samantha ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 22033
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 17 Oct 2004 at 14:59
- - 10
  - 0
  May not be to everyone's taste
  
  Enjoyed this film, hope you do to. It may, however, not be to everyone's taste.
  
  The story revolves around Morvern Callar (Samantha Morton), a ... read more »
  
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- - Marionville
  - MID-LOTHIAN
  - 06 Apr 2004 at 15:27
- - 13
  - 9
  so real it hurts
  
  ...beautifully brutal.
  
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- - jaymiblue
  - Nottingham
  - 27 Oct 2003 at 17:17
- - 7
  - 3
  Massive suspension of disbelief
  
  Disclaimer: I haven't read the book, so I don't know whether this film is a faithful rendition.
  
  The film: I saw this at a cinema, and it is ... read more »
  
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- - Jon23
  - 7 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 15 Feb 2004 at 03:55
- - 4
  - 0
  Bleak look at emotional disfunction
  
  The plot of this movie, Scottish trailertrash girl finds suicide boyfriend's novel and convinces publishers she's literary genius, sounds like a black ... read more »
  
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- - CliffG
  - Aberdeen
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 07:30
- - 3
  - 0
  Good book, poor film.
  
  I found the book quite gripping, so I was disappointed to discover that the film was not even slightly so. It was far too long, and there were too many ... read more »
  
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  - suzanne1
  - 27 reviews
  - Swindon
  - 15 Jan 2010 at 22:29
- - 3
  - 1
  All art and no house
  
  This film is lovely to look at. Even the ugly bits are lovely. If the director and her DP were pure visual artists that would be fine, and I wouldn't mind ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 18 Sep 2004 at 11:16
- - 3
  - 1
  Intense and captivating although a little heavy on the style
  
  If you're after plot twists and action, you would be advised to steer clear of this film. Morvern Callar lacks the charm of The Ratcatcher (a fantastic ... read more »
  
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- - maxwurr
  - 119 reviews
  - Middlesex
  - 22 Aug 2005 at 10:11
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  - 1
  man hating?
  
  I agree with many sentiments about the film being 6th form project or short film material. Words like 'embarrassing','pointless', lazy', &#... read more »
  
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  - Eastbourne
  - 03 May 2007 at 10:14
- - 3
  - 2
  Get the sound track
  
  After my sister had told me so much about this film and then taped the sound track for me, I had no choice but to rent it and see for myself,how great this film... read more »
  
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  - Hertfordshire
  - 03 Mar 2004 at 09:11

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  Movern Callar awakes on Christmas morning to the shocking discovery that her boyfriend has committed suicide and is lying in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor. She finds a manuscript of the novel that he has been writing and decides to dispose of his body and pass the novel off as her own work......