Morvern Callar (2002)

Director:

Lynne Ramsay

Writers:

Liana Dognini (writer)
Lynne Ramsay (writer)

Release Date:

1 November 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Following her boyfriend's suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar (Morton) passes off his unpublished novel as her own...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Hardcore Techno | Female Full Frontal Nudity | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Christmas

Awards:

9 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Samantha Morton	...	Morvern Callar
Kathleen McDermott	...	Lanna
Linda McGuire	...	Vanessa
Ruby Milton	...	Couris Jean
Dolly Wells	...	Susan
Dan Cadan	...	Dazzer
Carolyn Calder	...	Sheila Tequila
Raife Patrick Burchell	...	Boy in Room 1022
Steve Cardwell	...	Welcoming Courier
Bryan Dick	...	Guy with Hat's Mate
El Carrette	...	Gypsy Taxi Driver
Andrew Flannigan	...	Overdose
Des Hamilton	...	Him
Mette Karlsvik	...	Sick Girl / Bikini Girl
Andrew Knowles	...	Green Boy #1

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Company Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Morvern gets locked out of her hotel room in Spain and spends the night with a boy down the hall, her underwear and bra are beige. But when she returns to her room the next morning (before she would have had a chance to take clean clothes) they are red and black. Since the boy was rooming alone, it is unlikely that he had a girl's thong and bra with him that was clean and just Morvern's size.

Movie Connections:

References Ms .45 (1981)

Soundtrack:

Blue Milk (Edit)

Boring & pretending to be an art flick

My wife and I watch a film every night with no distractions, and mostly artsy films that require thought. I have tons of patience for films that are slow to blossom. My wife has double the attention span that I do. All that being said-- this film is just plain empty and BORING! It went nowhere. Never blossomed. It started fairly strong with a promising plot...then she bakes cookies...goes to Spain....she sulks, she stares....the credits roll. Uneven, full of holes, false starts & dead ends. We FF'd through several extended sequences of her just staring off into space. Artificial depth was implied when she played with the mud and cried. Zzzz...... It's like a beautifully shot chick-flick that's pretending to be deep or artsy. You never get to know nor understand Morvern at all. About halfway through you just don't care anymore. We just wanted to see at least one of the plot lines develop. Don't waste your time on this. I'm shocked it scores so high.