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	Amazon.ca: Morvern Callar: Books: Alan Warner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This may be the first novel with a soundtrack: Morvern acknowledges the songs she listens to on her Walkman while moving through the actions of the narrative.
		But Morvern also finds a letter informing her that the boyfriend's ample inheritance has been left to her, so she immediately heads back to the blue skies, warm beaches, and the resort rave scene--where in her splendid isolation she has an epiphany.
		Morvern is the raw, resilient voice of a generation, and if this not-quite-ironic tale of redemption and Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting are any indication, the Scottish Beats are already strong contenders for world-class literary status.
	www.amazon.ca /Morvern-Callar-Alan-Warner/dp/0099586118 (612 words)

	reverse shot : online : summer 2005
		First, the unforgettable opening scene: Morvern spoons with her boyfriend’s dead body on the living room floor, in a silence and darkness broken only by the visual and sonic buzz of cycling Christmas lights.
		Morvern’s mix tape is the voice that remains of her boyfriend, her only connection, and as played by Samantha Morton, with her huge blue eyes and cosmic-baby head, she could be a space traveler, headphones for helmet.
		Morvern’s moment of earthly connection arrives when, wandering the hallway, she hears a young man sobbing.
	www.reverseshot.com /summer05/lilymorvern.html (1652 words)

	Morvern Callar/Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
		As Morvern shows up for her menial supermarket job, visits her best friend's grandmother from time to time, and listens to the mix tape her rotting beau left her among other Christmas gifts (which comprises the most eclectic film soundtrack you'll ever hear), it's far from clear what her intentions are.
		So inscrutable is Morvern's attitude when she finally moves the body to the bathtub and starts carving away that we finally abandon all attempts to pigeonhole the film and agree to go with the flow.
		Morvern's utterly free of concern, seemingly unencumbered by any thoughts of the future, and apparently sufficiently liberated to while her time away with trivialities.
	www.cinemadox.com /morvernpirates.html (2345 words)

	Ordinary People With An Edge; Lynne Ramsay on "Morvern Callar"
		In the interview, Ramsay gently criticizes Morvern's need to get away as "selfish," but there is something unmistakably romantic, maybe even noble, in the idea as the film presents it.
		She was disappointed not to be in the official competition with "Morvern," she told us, especially knowing how close they'd come (evidently the filmmakers are told these things).
		She feels like that in the novel, so it felt that that was the right kind of style, anchoring it in reality and having this kind of dreaminess to it as well.
	www.indiewire.com /people/people_030103morvern.html (2027 words)

	Morvern Callar
		Morvern Callar (Samantha Morton) is what you might casually refer to as a Goth, Gen-Y young woman of the variety that you pass on the street each day without more than a casual glance.
		A big part of the problem is that Morvern herself lives within a vacuum, with apparently no familial and very little emotional attachment to anyone, other than a girlfriend she works along side at the local supermarket.
		It's obvious to us that Morvern is definitely sociopathic or even psychotic, which the film absolutely refuses to deal with, taking no position whatsoever on any of her actions.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /Movies20031Q/id1877.htm (1005 words)

	Morvern Callar (2002): Reviews
		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.
		In Morvern Callar, the subject matter may be morbid and unappealing, but the director handles it with a visual poetry and an eye for hidden beauty that marks a filmmaker of the first order.
		"Morvern Callar" drags a little when the two girls are stranded in the desert, but it's not enough to derail this flawed, but invigorating, and occasionally exciting, albeit meandering movie.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/morverncallar (976 words)

	The High Sign: Morvern Callar
		Or it could stand on its own as a phrase: a noun and its modifier, as in "She's a very morvern callar, she is." It's a set of sounds Edward Gorey might have thought up, comically unappealing yet somehow pretty, as simple and solid as a rusted coin.
		I was deeply identified with the first twenty minutes, in which the expressionless Morvern, clad in sweats, casually vaults over her lover's dead body to pop a frozen pizza into the oven (when I mentioned this later to Roy G. Biv, over a Festive Coffee Cocktail, he observed, "Of course you were.
		Morvern Callar is based on a slim novel of the same name by Alan Warner, and there's something literary about most of its best conceits.
	www.thehighsign.net /archives/review/morvern_callar.html (774 words)

	"Morvern Callar" - Salon
		Later, Morvern seems almost blasé about the body -- she circles it curiously, eyeing it almost suspiciously, as if there were actually some need to weigh the obvious evidence in front of her.
		He has also left his completed novel on the computer; Morvern is to print it out and send it to the publishers he has indicated, starting with the first one on the list.
		Morvern tears into the presents her boyfriend has wrapped up for her, a last act of generosity before that knife-twisting act of selfishness: A cowhide jacket, a cigarette lighter, a Walkman and a tape labeled "Music for you." She scrutinizes the presents, absorbing the reality of them through her fingers.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2002/12/20/morvern/index.html (1018 words)

	Morvern Callar
		The quietly observant, childlike Morvern, given an alien luminosity by Samantha Morton ("Sweet and Lowdown"), is one of contemporary fiction's strangest characters.
		In a sort of epiphany, Morvern signs her name to her boyfriend's novel, drawing London publishers to southern Spain to quote a large advance to the budding genius.
		Morvern (Samantha Morton) is a self-centered, self-indulgent young woman but she is so earnest and forthright you may not like her but you have to admire her chutzpah.
	www.reelingreviews.com /morverncallar.htm (1087 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Morvern Callar"
		There are two events that give direction and drive to the action of the picture: Morvern calls up her boyfriend's novel and, after staring hard at the title page (we see it through her eyes), she slowly, letter by letter, erases his name and replaces it with her own.
		Morvern is wholly present physically, and yet barely there at all for any of it; more often than not, we see her listening to her Walkman (the earbuds connect her to the music like a lifeline), living her life through the songs her boyfriend has put on that tape.
		This is the first time that Morvern says anything to Lanna about the fact that her boyfriend is gone (although she never tells anyone that he's dead).
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/12/20/morvern/print.html (1995 words)

	Morvern Callar (2002)
		As the scene settles, confusion dissipates — the man on the floor is Morvern's boyfriend, he's slashed his wrists and written her a note ("It just seemed like the right thing to do"), and the annoying blinking originates from the lights of a small Christmas tree.
		From the text of the note, Morvern discovers that her lover has written a novel, and he kindly offers the addresses of various publishers to send it to.
		This is partly due to Ramsay's poetic style — one shot has a spectral Morvern lifting her skirt in the light of a passing boat, another even fleshier moment has her lying fetally in the bath — and a desire to find out what happens next.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=136876&buy=closed&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (650 words)

	Samantha Morton: Morvern Callar - Movie
		Morvern Callar deals with how Morvern copes or rather doesn't cope with the suicide of her boyfriend by working during the day and drinking, drugging and partying during the night while her boyfriend's corpse decomposes on her kitchen floor.
		Morvern returns to Spain to party some more in the film but in the book, Morvern disappears to a tiny fishing village on the coast of Scotland after discovering she's pregnant with what may or may not be her boyfriend's baby.
		Morvern is awakened and released from her monotony by an otherwise crippling event.
	www.superiorpics.com /samantha_morton/movie/2002_morvern_callar.html (746 words)

	Vintage Catalog \| Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
		978-0-385-48741-2 (0-385-48741-X) Morvern Callar, a low-paid employee in the local supermarket in a desolate and beautiful port town in the west of Scotland, wakes one morning in late December to find her strange boyfriend has committed suicide and is dead on the kitchen floor.
		Morvern is utterly hypnotizing from her very first sentence to her last.
		She rarely goes anywhere without the Walkman left behind as a Christmas present by her dead boyfriend, and as she narrates this strange story, she takes care to tell the reader exactly what music she is listening to, giving the stunning effect of a sound track running behind her voice.
	www.randomhouse.com /vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385487412 (208 words)

	Salon \| Sneak Peeks
		Morvern's reaction to the suicide is vintage blank generation amoral: She disposes of the body, plunders her dead boyfriend's bank account and submits his novel to a London publisher after putting her name on it.
		It's easy to see how his death (and his money) gives Morvern a chance to escape (it's a clue that one of her favorite videos is Antonioni's "The Passenger," about a man who tries to make a new start by swapping identities with a dead man).
		Morvern is engaging, determined to express what she can't quite articulate, and Warner is a compelling storyteller.
	www.salon.com /april97/sneaks/sneak970417.html (366 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Morvern Callar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whenever Ramsey extends the scope of Morvern’s concerns beyond her protagonist, and into a generational anxiety, the results are impressive.
		Morvern’s a bit of a cipher, but Morton provides her with a fetching energy that makes us want to puzzle her out.
		When Morvern stops at a Club-Med style youth spa, she ignores the pleasure in front of her and tracks a roach into the bedroom of a boy who’s just learned of his mother’s death, and then gets lost in a sexual frenzy with him.
	www.moviemartyr.com /2002/morverncallar.htm (692 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: Morvern Callar, Love Liza, and The Core
		Morvern's place in his mind seems to be that of the submissive woman.
		There's much distance between Morvern and the world she seems to be staring at (not unlike the idyllic world that Ramsay's previous protagonist, the lower-class kid of Ratcatcher, kept staring through the window trying to find), and Morton is the reason that this is so perfectly conveyed to the audience.
		Morvern isn't meant to be soft and cuddly, but instead complex, foolish, engaging, repulsive, and confused at the same time.
	xiibaro.hypermart.net /archive/05/13.html (1722 words)

	Alan Warner, Morvern Callar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Morvern spends her days stacking produce in a supermarket and her nights popping pills and drinks in the rave scene on an unnamed Scottish coast.
		One Christmas morning, however, Morvern wakes up and discovers that her live-in boyfriend has committed suicide in the middle of the living room.
		Once that nasty bit of business is taken care of, Morvern sells her boyfriend's novel as her own, raids his bank account and goes club-hopping along the coast.
	www.rambles.net /warner_morvern.html (279 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - Film: Morvern Callar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By playing his thoughts through Morvern’s mind, he was trying to escape the reality of his life in a port (played by Oban).
		When Morvern summons the energy to leave the room, the camera closes in on the textures of her clothes.
		Morvern disposes of her man, ritualistically digging with a trowel as if she is planting him in the earth.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=1210002002 (728 words)

	DVD Review: Morvern Callar (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The unusual name of Morvern is the least unusual part of this movie a tale of moving on and trying to cope with a series of horrific events.
		Morvern Callar is wonderful in the way that it deals with the surreal nature of losing someone and changing your life entirely.
		As Morvern travels through much of the movie, like a zombie, she slowly begins to realize that in order to move on, she must live.
	www.lightsoutfilms.com /dvd_morverncallar.html (585 words)

	"Morvern Callar" - Salon
		But the novel is there on his word processor, the very place where a farewell note to Morvern urges her to send the book to publishers.
		That this story situation is so fanciful, or dream-like, is undercut by the intimate naturalism of the filming, by the way Morvern so often lounges around naked or in her underwear, and by the vacant radiance of Samantha Morton in the central role.
		Morvern Callar might become a better novelist than her boyfriend.
	dir.salon.com /story/sex/turn_on/2002/09/12/morvern/index.html (759 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Morvern is a puzzle the film picks at but never quite solves, the focus of its probing but also respectful attention.
		You're left to your resources, much as she is. Morvern cries when she's alone, for instance, in the tub, her body crumpled and turned away from the hovering camera.
		Morvern's not so much an enigma as a reflection, of a set of moments and desires that have as much to do with you as with her.
	www.poppolitics.com /articles/printerfriendly/2003-03-21-morverncaller.shtml (1069 words)

	Morvern Valley Guest House
		Morvern Valley Guesthouse is a 25 acre country retreat in the Southern Highlands village of Bundanoon, overlooking Morton National Park.
		Tastefully decorated in the old world romance style of the period, yet with all modern conveniences, Morvern Valley guest house is exclusively yours for the duration of your stay.
		Morvern Valley guest house is fully self-contained, allowing you to cater for your guests and friends.
	www.highlandsnsw.com.au /morvern (506 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Morvern Callar Review - Smart slice of life
		Morvern had a boyfriend, but the film opens with the end of that relationship.
		Morvern opens the gifts her boyfriend has given her, and among them is a new Walkman and a compilation tape of songs he has made for her to hear.
		Morvern Callar is a fantastic film, a complex tale (in which very little actually happens) about hope and possibility.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Reviews/M/Morvern_Callar/2003/05/30/753683.html (509 words)

	CinemaSpeak.Com - Morvern Callar
		Morvern even adds her own wrinkle to this idea -- before putting the novel in the mail, she changes the author's name to her own.
		And ultimately what galvanizes Morvern's energy is the understanding that she has the power to change her reality, and that the hand she was dealt can be improved.
		Even the soundtrack in the film is made up exclusively of music that the characters are listening to, and it's jarring for the score to suddenly stop when, for instance, Morvern takes off her headphones.
	www.cinemaspeak.com /Reviews/morverncallar.html (680 words)

	Amazon.com: Morvern Callar: DVD: Samantha Morton,Kathleen McDermott,Linda McGuire,Ruby Milton,Dolly Wells,Dan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But in a suicide note that Morvern finds on his computer, he also tells her that he loves her, whatever that means in the context of this grim world, and that a novel on the computer was written "for her." She "takes" this message and her lover's gifts in more than one sense.
		Morvern remains oddly kind and innocent, even as she dismembers the boyfriend and buries him on a bluff.
		Morvern and Lanna begin staying together and eventually go on a trip together (Morvern doesn't tell anyone her boyfriend is dead, but merely...Gone).
	www.amazon.com /Morvern-Callar-Samantha-Morton/dp/B0000DJYNI (2188 words)

	Morvern Callar
		But perhaps even more cruelly Morvern will also change the authorship of the novel her boyfriend wrote for her and submit it as her own for publication, a move that results in a first-time writer’s contract of £100,000 (and stretches the limits of credibility into the process).
		The first part of Ramsay’s film is filled with hulking close-ups of Morvern, played with strength and authority by Samantha Morton (she was the mute to Sean Penn’s jazz guitarist in Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown).
		Morvern is like a ghost, stuck in neutral, crying for her loss.
	members.dca.net /dnb/reviews/morverncallar.htm (465 words)

	MMI Movie Review: Morvern Callar
		Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsey starts out as an unusual holiday film, the boyfriend of a 21 year old Scottish store clerk has just committed suicide, his half naked body lying on the cold hardwood floor as Xmas lights blink on and off.
		With an advance from a publisher Morvern goes off to Spain with Lanna at a time they are ready for the traditional unleashing of a bull through the tiny streets of a village.
		Morvern has sex with a young man in the hotel whose mother has died.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/morverncallar-ms-128482457.html (569 words)

	Morvern Callar
		Samantha Morton is incredible as Morvern Callar, who subsequently sends the novel, under her name, to a publisher who is crazy about it and offers her a large sum of money for the publishing rights.
		When Morvern changes the author’s name from his to her own, then submits the manuscript, the audience is unsure whether this young woman is someone to spend their cinematic time with.
		Although Morvern certainly goes through a profound change in her journey, I agree that it is unclear if she's in a better place at the end of the film.
	www.chlotrudis.org /movies/reviews/2003/morvern.html (3392 words)

	Morvern Caller
		And, ever since, I've thought I'd want to see her in anything - until I saw her in "Morvern Callar" that is. The problem is not so much her performance, but with the nature of her character, Morvern Callar (yeah, it's a name).
		I think we're supposed to assume that Morvern is simply too stunned to react in a way we can identify with - that she's an extreme example of a person in "denial".
		The problem with "Morvern Callar" (the movie) is that we have no idea what (if anything) is happening in the mind of Morvern Callar (the young woman).
	users.aol.com /pbhact/MORVERN.html (340 words)

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