Beautiful movie on every level, with a much happier ending than I was anticipating.

The experience of watching Carol is like being pulled into a different place, real and not real, like the best movies, like being in love.

Jeff Baker

Portland Oregonian

Haynes understands that swooningly beautiful traditional technique bolstered by thrilling performances creates the greatest impact. He has made a serious melodrama about the geometry of desire, a dreamy example of heightened reality that fully engages emotions despite the exact calculations with which it's been made.

Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Like Far From Heaven, Carol mines society’s narrow-mindedness and the dangers of living a double life. But what was true more than a half century ago remains true now: The heart wants what it wants, society and propriety be damned.

Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly