Morvern Callar Critic Reviews

Ramsay reaches out boldly with a film that is as unsettling as it is minimalist.Read the full review

As Morvern, Morton is disconcertingly enigmatic, often bordering on catatonic. But she carries the movie effortlessly. And even though we're on the outside looking in, she carries us along, too. Read the full review

(Morton's) character here is emotionally mute -- though Morvern speaks, she can't or won't reveal what's in her heart -- and her performance is brilliant from start to finish.Read the full review

I think the answer is right there in the film, but less visible to American viewers because we are less class-conscious than the filmmakers.Read the full review

This minimalist film is slightly hobbled by its minimal plot; it's the crucial difference between a movie with moments of greatness and a great movie.Read the full review

Morvern Callar not only attempts to reveal an interior life, usually the province of novels, but also focuses on the interior life of a woman who refuses to open up to anyone.Read the full review

Strange, moody film.Read the full review

Despite grim doings involving sexual hysteria and chopped-up body parts (don't ask), Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling. Read the full review