Carrie (2013)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 53 | Rotten: 61
It boasts a talented cast, but Kimberly Peirce's "reimagining" of Brian De Palma's horror classic finds little new in the Stephen King novel -- and feels woefully unnecessary.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 15
It boasts a talented cast, but Kimberly Peirce's "reimagining" of Brian De Palma's horror classic finds little new in the Stephen King novel -- and feels woefully unnecessary.
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A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. (c) Sony
Cast
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Chloe Grace Moretz
Carrie White -
Julianne Moore
Margaret White -
Gabriella Wilde
Sue Snell -
Portia Doubleday
Chris Hargensen -
Ansel Elgort
Tommy Ross -
Alex Russell
Billy Nolan -
Judy Greer
Miss Desjardin -
Zoë Belkin
Tina -
Samantha Weinstein
Heather -
Karissa Strain
Lizzy -
Demetrius Joyette
George -
Barry Shabaka Henley
Principal Morton -
Arlene Mazerolle
Miss Helen Finch -
Evan Gilchrist
Greg Delois -
Eddie Max Huband
Harry Trenant -
Tyler Rushton
Neighborhood Kid -
Connor Price
Freddy 'Beak' Holt -
Jefferson Brown
Mr. Ulmann -
Cynthia Preston
Eleanor Snell -
Philip Nozuka
Ernie -
Kyle Mac
Kenny -
Max Topplin
Jackie -
Mouna Traoré
Erika -
Derek McGrath
Head Commissioner -
Christopher Britton
Dr. Dean L. McDuffy -
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All Critics (114) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (61)
It is a timeless thing for all of us, the ritual of high-school expectation and heartache. Once again, as it did nearly 40 years ago, Carrie turns it into an experience of biblical proportions.
Top CriticThe movie is very good, both as a first-order viewing experience and as a contemporary gloss on Brian De Palma's classic 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
Rather than fixing some of the problems with De Palma's approach and trying something fresh, Peirce compounds them.
Peirce is gifted, but she lacks the ability of directors like DePalma to transform schlock into something deeply personal.
The new Carrie isn't atrocious - just flat and uninspired and compromised by the kind of mindless teen-movie "humanism" that De Palma so punkishly spat on.
Moore is terrifying as a guilt-addled true believer, and Moretz caresses her role when she gets the chance. And the hot topics do indeed remain hot.
The recipe in today's reimagining of Carrie calls for the same servings of thrills and shrills, making the new film a serviceable approach to the King classic...
That a remake of Carrie should turn out to be a pathetic retread of the same emotions, step-by-step, executed with far less skill and visceral punch is probably to be expected.
It's time to stop remaking Carrie.
New "Carrie" Stands on its Own
A purposeful revamp of Stephen King's prescient novel, updated for an era of cyberbullying, home schooling, high-school mass murder and America's so-called culture wars (De Palma referenced Norman Bates, the new movie name-drops Tim Tebow).
ends with what has to be the cheesiest, most inexplicably silly image of any film this year, a desperate stab at giving this retread a memorable exit that only confirms how utterly unnecessary and inferior a remake it is
A proportional response? You must not remember high school very well. Frankly, more proms should end that way.
The new "Carrie" begs the question: why?
Carrie has proved itself to be a remarkably resilient tale that's not likely to be plugged up anytime soon.
Bloody horror remake focuses heavily on bullying, revenge.
... this 'Carrie' is, like the character herself, too shy and unsure, and it ends up feeling like a missed opportunity more than anything else.
A poor rehash of the Stephen King story. Moretz is no match for the memory of Spacek's performance.
I was expecting passive mediocrity. Instead, I got something actively bad.
There's nothing really wrong with this iteration of Carrie, it's just that most everything that's right can't be attributed to the production itself.
Chloë Grace Moretz is a wonderful Carrie, but not even her strong performance could save this failing reboot.
It's a nearly exact copy of the original film that makes so few changes to the story that you have to wonder why they didn't just use the original screenplay and do a shot-for-shot remake along the lines of Gus Van Sant's pointless "Psycho" replica.
...almost a textbook case study in the pitfalls of remakes.
Audience Reviews for Carrie
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Super Reviewer
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- Margaret White: You are gonna go to your closet and pray-
- Carrie White: No!
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- Sue Snell: Don't hurt me, Carrie.
- Carrie White: Why not?
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- Margaret White: When you know a devil never dies, it keeps coming back. You gotta keep killing it.
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- Carrie White: There are other people like me who can do what I can do.
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- Tommy Ross: Prom is next week. If you don't have a date already, maybe you'd want to go with me.
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- Miss Desjardin: If you two are planning some kind of joke on a poor, lonely girl...
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Guess the tomatometer! | 3 days ago | 59 |
| Don't care what critics say, this movie was awesome. | 19 hours ago | 38 |
| Where the hell are the reviews? | 12 days ago | 17 |
| What the hell happened to the Tomatometer thread? | 9 days ago | 12 |
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What's better? The directing, the writing, the photography, the CAST.
But nobody's gonna own that now, the shadow of the original looms too large. But once they see it at home, in their underwear, with their cats, or dogs, or kids nearby, at home in the dark, then they will see. A better movie.