lets be honest guys

Nope, you're not the only one. Just watched it myself and must say that just because a film is long and dull doesn't make it important, nor does an important subject warrant such ponderous treatment. A defter touch would have made this thing so much more worthwhile. I find it ironic that fans of this film and others like it (and lets face it, first year film classes are brimming with films just like this) laud it for being different than typical Hollywood films in that it doesn't pander to audiences or tell them what to feel, when the truth is that this film does nothing but beat you over the head in its demand to be taken seriously. I found it just as shamelessly manipulative as anything in the mainstream, and torturously labored on top.

If you found it amazing, that's fine. I'm glad you got something out of it. And you are correct in your assumption that it must have said something to me strongly enough to get me to post on the IMDB about it; I've somehow resisted the temptation to post on the Feardotcom page. In order to clarify (for me at least, I don't presume to speak for the original poster), Morvern Callar represents a particulary virulent strain of cinematic narcissism that would seem to be the opposite of mainstream filmmaking, but is in fact (in my humble estimation) something closer to its handmaiden. Pointing up the disposable frivolity of a low-brow genre film is not worth the time it takes to type: it's fish in a barrel. But poking holes in the hypocritical pretensions of a workmanlike piece of kitchen-sink crap like Morvern Callar I find inexplicably enjoyable. And ignorant, mean-spirited suppositions about the taste of a poster who disagrees with you ( ... probably enjoy dull ... etc) only goes to prove my point that films like this and those who are suckered in by them are merely naked Emporers.

I just watched this movie today and really WANTED to like it, but I thought it was sorta............boring. And I also don't see it as a good character study- it didn't even seem like she WAS grieving. But maybe her character was shutting it out or in denial or something, who knows, who cares. I just didn't find it interesting and I too love film and have an open mind.

But I will say that I could have done without all the nippleage. Okay, 2 British chicks taking a bath together? No wonder it had so many wonderful reviews (all by men) on the cover of the movie case!

Like others have said, this film could have effectively presented its message in a much shorter version. There were a few scenes that were well done, such as the party scenes. People gather to socialize, yet they weren't connecting; walls of sound and drug-induced distortions symbolizing or creating separation between them.

But on the whole, the film is severely diluted by very long unnecessary takes; cutting the film in half would've made it more powerful. Yes, yes, I know some will claim that the subtle nuances only they and the director understand is what makes every second of footage drenched with essence.

If you enjoy excavating meaning from nuances in very long scenes, for example, of a person silently smoking cigarettes or merely sitting, this film is for you.

I agree. This movie was about unlikable assholes. I wanted them all to die. Other films about less-than-perfect people usually allow their characters some redeeming qualities. Not so with this movie. It was humorless and dull.
Movies have so much potential ... there is no excuse for boring the crap out of the audience when you are making a movie, when you have the use of sight, sound, and movement.

I am a big fan of independent films which are painfully honest and real. This one was a disappointment. The worst movie i've seen in the last year.

It's true, as a character study this film is somewhat murky, but I think what needs addressed is the reason behind why the character is hard to relate to, sympathize with and overall understand within the films context. Every person in a moment of moral ambiguity who makes the choice to become someone they haven't been is forced to deal with oncoming situations where they must decide who they are and what they want on a dime. So in place of so many complaints about how labored the film is, how it's boring and meandering, take the character from point zero and realize the triumph of the movie and the filmmaker is to show both the liberating aspects of such an act as well as the navel gazing, slow burn lows that occur thereafter. Ramsey is a serious filmmaker and an expert at atmospherics. I don't invalidate strong reactions to the film, negative and positive, but wouldn't say that fans of the film are 'phoney' or misdirected film school blowhards. Use what this movie gives you--- a character much like LaMotta in Raging Bull, where development is more dependent upon outside forces and the motions we go through in honor of those forces as opposed to some easily relatable screenplay-ish character that goes through the emotional gamut.

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If you approach this movie as a character study your going to be disappointed. I liked the music and the Spanish scenery, but I left the movie unmoved. It's boring and it provides little payoff for those who hold out until the end waiting for substance. It's actually a pretty bad movie. Despite all of the problems I have described and its pretty crappy story, I kinda like it. I dunno why.