Morvern Callar

2002
15
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

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Drama

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 10 wins & 16 nominations total

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Trivia
Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995.

Goofs
The shot of the railway station at the end of the film shows tracks with a third live rail. Although never mentioned by name, Morvern lives in Oban, where the railway station is served only by diesel-powered trains - in fact, no railway lines in Scotland use a third live rail as a power source.

Quotes
Morvern Callar: Fuck work Lana, we can go anywhere you like.
Lanna: I'm happy here.
Morvern Callar: Are ya?
Lanna: Yeah, everyone I know is here. There's nothing wrong with here. It's the same crapness everywhere, so stop dreaming.

Connections
Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

Soundtracks
Japanese Cowboy
Written by Dean Ween (as Michael Melchiondo Jnr) / Gene Ween (as Aaron Freeman)
Performed by Ween
© Browndog Music/Ver Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
By Arrangement with Mushroom Records/Warner Special Products
from the album "12 Golden Country Greats"
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

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Featured review

6/10

Someone else's dream

I looked at my watch quite frequently during Morvern Callar. I first felt impatient during the opening sequence which seemed unnecessarily drawn out. I'm sure living with a corpse in a small apartment for apparently several days can't have been very pleasant as decay starts to set in.

There are other parts of the film that just don't ring true, either. How did she use her boyfriend's debit card to get access to his entire balance? Also, I can't believe that the publishers would find her a credible author. I would have been very suspicious of her attitude and empty-headedness.

There were some beautiful images and some likeable scenes in this film, but it was like sitting through someone else's dream. The more I think about this film the less I really like it. Downgraded from my initial score of seven to a six.

I have to say that Samantha Morton is a superb actress. She doesn't play a part so much as become the part. I only hope that she's grounded enough in real life to survive this kind of immersion in her roles.