Carrie
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An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.
What critics thought
Critics were split almost exactly down the middle on Kimberly Peirce's remake, with the central argument being whether a competent, well-acted retelling justifies its own existence. Those who warmed to it found a satisfying revenge movie that lingers more on bullying and parental abuse than De Palma's original; those who didn't felt it sanded away everything that made the source material strange and unsettling, producing something technically respectable but fundamentally inert. Chloe Grace Moretz's casting divided opinion specifically, with some finding her sympathetic and others arguing she's too self-possessed to convince as King's peculiar outcast.
“In a way, the new Carrie is almost too easy to enjoy. Everything discordant and all the nagging weirdness and strange feelings surrounding the original have been smoothed down, and what we're left with is a well-made, highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“What's there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“It's a strange thing to say about a movie so obsessed with the red stuff, but this Carrie is bloodless”
A. A. Dowd·The A.V. Club
“Peirce only glancingly lets her heroine have a mild discovery-of-powers moment that feels 'X-Men'-ish”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“The first Carrie was horror. This is tragedy”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Drama, Horror
Cast & Crew
Kimberly PeirceDirector
Chloë Grace MoretzCarrie White
Julianne MooreMargaret White
Gabriella WildeSue Snell
Ansel ElgortTommy Ross
Alex RussellBilly Nolan
Judy GreerMiss Desjardin
Portia DoubledayChris Hargensen
Zoë BelkinTina Blake
Samantha WeinsteinHeather
Karissa StrainNicki Watson
Katie StrainLizzy Watson
Demetrius JoyetteGeorge Dawson
Marco BeltramiComposer
Roberto Aguirre-SacasaWriter
Stephen KingWriter
Steve YedlinCinematographyCarrie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.
What critics thought
Critics were split almost exactly down the middle on Kimberly Peirce's remake, with the central argument being whether a competent, well-acted retelling justifies its own existence. Those who warmed to it found a satisfying revenge movie that lingers more on bullying and parental abuse than De Palma's original; those who didn't felt it sanded away everything that made the source material strange and unsettling, producing something technically respectable but fundamentally inert. Chloe Grace Moretz's casting divided opinion specifically, with some finding her sympathetic and others arguing she's too self-possessed to convince as King's peculiar outcast.
“In a way, the new Carrie is almost too easy to enjoy. Everything discordant and all the nagging weirdness and strange feelings surrounding the original have been smoothed down, and what we're left with is a well-made, highly satisfying and not particularly deep high school revenge movie”
Mick LaSalle·San Francisco Chronicle
“What's there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“It's a strange thing to say about a movie so obsessed with the red stuff, but this Carrie is bloodless”
A. A. Dowd·The A.V. Club
“Peirce only glancingly lets her heroine have a mild discovery-of-powers moment that feels 'X-Men'-ish”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“The first Carrie was horror. This is tragedy”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
Genres
Drama, Horror
Cast & Crew
Kimberly PeirceDirectorChloë Grace MoretzCarrie WhiteJulianne MooreMargaret WhiteGabriella WildeSue SnellAnsel ElgortTommy RossAlex RussellBilly NolanJudy GreerMiss DesjardinPortia DoubledayChris HargensenZoë BelkinTina BlakeSamantha WeinsteinHeatherKarissa StrainNicki WatsonKatie StrainLizzy WatsonDemetrius JoyetteGeorge DawsonMarco BeltramiComposerRoberto Aguirre-SacasaWriterStephen KingWriterSteve YedlinCinematographyStream
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