Movie

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947 · 99 min

A tense, slowly tightening domestic thriller where old-Hollywood charm curdles into something coldly menacing as suspicion grows.

Tagline: Never try to deceive two women!
Overview: Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, betrayal, deception, madness
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
deception
madness
love
Places: single country house
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild