Carolina Caroline

Name: Carolina Caroline
Genre: Thriller, Romance, Crime
Released: June 5, 2026
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 75

2026

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 5, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: A young woman joins a charming con man on the run, leaving a trail of crime and passion as they hustle through the Southeast in search of her estranged mother.

Genre(s): Thriller, Romance, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jun 5, 2026

One could also imagine a version of “Carolina Caroline” told as an “homage” to crime-spree movie tropes, with all the style and no substance. We’ve all seen that movie a hundred times. Rehmeier, though, cares about individuality, and he has a sense of humor. He doesn’t force chemistry, but he leaves lots of space for it. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Sep 11, 2025

Rehmeier has found a way to traverse different genres while maintaining an authentic, honest mix of comedy and drama. He’s unafraid to go for the big laugh, regardless of subject matter, yet knows when to hit the emotion hard. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Jun 5, 2026

In the end, writer-director Adam Carter Rehmeier’s Carolina Caroline — the odd title a play on the protagonist’s name and the state that magnetically draws her toward it — succeeds in blending the buoyancy of a road movie with the urgency of a crime caper, propelled by a pair of attractive bandits having a blast, at least initially. Read full review

Hannah Cronk

Sep 23, 2025

What works about Carolina Caroline is how it looks and feels. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

Jun 5, 2026

Carolina Caroline is a story we’ve seen play out a million times. Pierrot Le Fou, Badlands, True Romance, and on and on. But there’s a down-to-earth quality here that eludes so many of these other iconic capers, and that’s what sweeps you up in the romance and ramshackle cons that propel the narrative. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jun 4, 2026

It has all the excitement of a movie about crime, but if you took all the crime out of it, it would still work as a love story. Director Adam Rehmeier and screenwriter Tom Dean are not trying to create something mythic here, but something small-scale and affecting. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 4, 2026

It’s dogmatic to the point where any potential surprise is smothered out of it, starting with an opening scene narrative framing device that gives away who’s still on the lam after it all hits the fan. Read full review

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