History Film / Carol

* IdiotBall: So, you and your husband are embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle [[spoiler: due to your adultery and lesbianism, and your attorney has just advised you that both are about to get worse due to your husband's newfound anger about yet another blossoming relationship. So you decide that the best plan of action is to... take off on a road trip with this new woman? Harge sends a private detective after them when he learns and the guy uncovers even MORE evidence to be used against Carol in the divorce and custody cases]]

* ClosetKey: Carol is this for Therese [[spoiler: Abby may have been this for Carol]]

* IdiotBall: So, you and your husband are embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle [[spoiler: due to your adultery and lesbianism, and your attorney has just advised you that both are about to get worse due to your husband's newfound anger about yet another blossoming relationship. So you decide that the best plan of action is to. . .take off on a road trip with this new woman? Harge sends a private detective after them when he learns and the guy uncovers even MORE evidence to be used against Carol in the divorce and custody cases]]

* TimeSkip: A minor one, the film starts near the end of the events of the film and then jumps back, eventually catching up with where we started.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: It seems like Carol and Therese may reconcile, however Carol is in more danger of losing her child then she was at the beginning of the film.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: The film ends with [[spoiler: Carol and Therese locking eyes across a crowded room, but we have no idea what happens afterwards. Will Carol's ex accept her involvement with a woman, forcing her to once again chose between her lover and her child? Can Therese forgive Carol for breaking her heart?]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The driving part of the film, it's obvious that Carol and Therese are interested in each other early on in the film. It's all just a question if they will or won't. [[spoiler:If you've seen the trailers you know they do.]]

* MayDecemberRomance: Creator/CateBlanchett is 16 years older than Creator/RooneyMara and the age difference between their respective characters seems to be even greater, possibly enhanced by the disparity in their lifestyles (Carol's married with a child, Therese is single and struggling to start a career). In the novel, Carol is in her early 30's, while Therese is implied to be in her early 20's

* MomentKiller: The first time [[spoiler: Therese comes over to Carol's house, Harge interrupts to take Rindy, dashing any hope of a romantic evening.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The driving part of the film, it's obvious that Carol and Therese are interested in each other early on in the film. It's all just a question if they will or won't. [[spoiler: If you've seen the trailers you know they do]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Carol apparently [[spoiler: cheated on Harge with Abby, and Therese technically cheats on Richard with Carol]].

* IdiotBall: So, you and your husband are embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle [[spoiler: due to your adultery and lesbianism, and your attorney has just advised you that both are about to get worse due to your husband's newfound anger about yet another blossoming relationship. So you decide that the best plan of action is to. . .take off on a road trip with this new woman?]]

Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes, from a screenplay by Phyllis Nagy based on the novel ''The Price of Salt'' (also known as ''Carol'') by Patricia Highsmith. The book was originally published under the pseudonym Claire Morgan due to the controversial nature of the book at the time.

* [[spoiler: CureYourGays:]] [[spoiler: Carol mentions going to see a therapist to try to fix her "moral problem." She does it mostly to attempt to get to see her child and presumably quits after admitting that her affair with Therese was something she wanted.]]

* SexForSolace: Carol and [[spoiler: Therese's second time]] stems from a need to comfort each other over the havoc that's been wreaked.

* MayDecemberRomance: Creator/CateBlanchett is 16 years older than Creator/RooneyMara and the age difference between their respective characters seems to be even greater, possibly enhanced by the disparity in their lifestyles (Carol's married with a child, Therese is single and struggling to start a career)

* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. [[spoiler: Therese fins a gun in Carol's suitcase and Carol does threaten the PI with it, demanding the incriminating tapes, but it's never fired.]]

* MomentKiller: The first time Therese comes over to Carol's Harge comes in to take Rindy and any semblance of a happy night is dashed.

* SexForSolace: Carol and Therese's second time stems from a need to comfort each other over the havoc that's been wreaked.

* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. [[spoiler: Therese fins a gun in Carol's suitcase and Carol does threaten the PI with it, demanding the incriminating tapes, but it's never fired.

* YourCheatingHeart: Carol apparently [[spoiler: cheated on Harge with Abby, and Therese technically cheats on Richard with Carol]]

* ValuesDissonance: Harge's lawyer paints Carol as an unfit mother because of her lesbianism. Even in today's far more tolerant society, it's a tactic that could be used. Imagine back then, when homosexuality was still believed to be a mental illness.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The driving part of the film, it's obvious that Carol and Therese are interested in each other early on in the film. It's all just a question if they will or won't. [[spoiler: If you've seen the trailers you know they do]]

Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes, from a screenplay by Phyllis Nagy based on the novel The Price of Salt (also known as Carol) by Patricia Highsmith. The book was originally published under the pseudonym Claire Morgan due to the controversial nature of the book at the time.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The driving part of the film, it's obvious that Carol and Therese are interested in each other early on in the film. It's all just a question if they will or won't. [[spoiler: If you've seen the trailers you know they do]]
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Patricia Highsmith based Carol on an ex-girlfriend of hers who had been in an identical situation.

* FakeAmerican: Australian Creator/CateBlanchett as American Carol.
* JerkassWoobie: Harge is clearly meant as the villain of the movie, [[spoiler: but he's clearly a good father, and it's painfully obvious how much he still loves Carol, despite their failed marriage]]
** Also, Richard, Therese's boyfriend. [[spoiler: Given the standards of the time, his reaction is remarkably understated and quite understandable--his girlfriend, the woman he loves and wants to marry, is ditching him to run around the country with a woman she just met. Who wouldn't flip out at that?]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Implied, both Carol and Therese seem instantly attracted to

* UnresolvedSexualTension: The driving part of the film, it's obvious that Carol and Therese are interested in each other early on in the film. It's all just a question if they will or won't. [[spoiler: If you've seen the trailers you know they do]]

The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, and Kyle Chandler. Set in 1952 in New York City, the film tells the story of a young aspiring photographer and her relationship with an older woman going through a difficult divorce.

* ClosetKey: Carol is this for Therese [[spoiler: Abby my have been this for Carol]]