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Carolina

Carolina

Comedy · Romance · 2003

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

Movie details

Carolina

2003 Comedy · Romance 1h 37m

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5.8 / 10

Community rating

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Marleen Gorris

Written by

Katherine Fugate

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

Carolina

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Albert Morris

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Grandmother Mirabeau

Mika Boorem

Mika Boorem

Maine Mirabeau

Azura Skye

Azura Skye

Georgia Mirabeau

Edward Atterton

Edward Atterton

Heath Pierson

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Ted Mirabeau

Court is in session

Put Carolina on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.