Carol

In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel "The Price of Salt," Carol follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.

Every year there is always a movie with massive critical acclaim that I see and know that its a well done movie and what not but am more or less kind of bored by it.  This was that movie for me this year.  I know it was well done.  I know that it had some great acting.  And the lesbian love affair was honestly done so well that you really felt that they were madly in love and not just forcing it.  The capturing of the time period and how things were viewed was the strongest part of the movie.  But with all that being said - the movie ultimately was just kind of there for me.

Anyone who wants to see the movies that end up being nominated for awards should definitely see this because I have no doubt that it will be.  It was a very good "artsy" movie but I was not too hooked by it.