Morvern Callar

2002 | Drama

Synopsis

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.

Scores

Overall Score
52.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
49.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
42.3%
Review Aggregate
76.9

Critic Consensus

83.3% Fresh • 78 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 78 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize emotional, visually striking, gritty. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

emotionalvisually strikinggrittycharacter-drivenstylizedchristmasthought-provokingmacabrepsychologicalrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Samantha Morton2002$12,000$22,000(est)
Kathleen McDermott2002$8,000$13,000(est)
Paul Popplewell2002$6,000$10,000(est)
Bryan Dick2002$5,000$8,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score85.0
RT critic review count86
Rotten Tomatoes audience score74.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes11,825

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$267,907$467,162
International2002$600,406$1,046,956
Worldwide2002$868,313$1,514,118

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2002$374,116$652,363
Digital Rentals ?2002$6,000$10,462
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$6,768,000$11,801,677
Physical Purchases ?2002$12,620,000$22,006,081
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$120,558$210,223
Total Revenues2002$19,888,674$34,680,807
Expenses
Budget ?2002$955,000 (est)$1,665,278 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$695,000 (est)$1,211,904 (est)
Participations2002$796,000$1,388,022
Residuals ?2002$1,432,000$2,497,045
Interest & Overhead2002$191,000$333,056
Total Expenses2002$4,069,000$7,095,305
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$15,819,674$27,585,502

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