Carol

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She decided to split the point of view and shift perspectives from Therese to Carol, as "the point of view is always with the more vulnerable party". Personally, although the acting was excellent and the story fascinating, I give it 4 stars instead of 5 simply because the plot wasn’t as captivating as I would have liked. In this sense, the Ghost of Christmas Present also represents empathy enabling Scrooge to not only see the Cratchits but to feel the sorrow and hardships of their daily toil.

n 5] It is possible that Scrooge's name came from a tombstone Dickens had seen on a visit to Edinburgh. In the lead-up to and during the Great Depression, Davis suggests that while some saw the story as a "denunciation of capitalism,. The producers gave notes on the director's cut and held some test screenings with friends and acquaintances. The next day, in Chicago, Therese learns that Carol has flown home to fight for custody of her daughter, having asked Abby to drive Therese home.The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm and Mara tied for the Best Actress award. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. In Paper magazine, Carey O'Donnell wrote that gay romances are only "Oscar surefires" when they use the tragedy-desolation-demise "equation", and that "a depiction of two strong women in love with each other . Scrooge's neglected fiancée Belle is shown ending their relationship, as she realises that he will never love her as much as he loves money.

In a series of articles about the best of the 2010s in film, IndieWire ranked Carol the seventh-best film of the decade; Blanchett's performance the second-best acting performance; the opening scene the sixth-best film scene; and Burwell's score the second-best film score. Elwell, Scrooge's views on the poor are a reflection of those of the demographer and political economist Thomas Malthus, [36] while the miser's questions "Are there no prisons? From a secular viewpoint, the cultural historian Penne Restad suggests that Scrooge's redemption underscores "the conservative, individualistic and patriarchal aspects" of Dickens's " Carol philosophy" of charity and altruism.n 7] The two figures of Want and Ignorance, sheltering in the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present, were inspired by the children Dickens had seen on his visit to a ragged school in the East End of London.