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- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 38 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Carrie (Bel Powley), a gifted woman who graduated from Harvard at 19, struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her New York apartment. Without a job and friends because of her unreasonably high standards, Carrie is told by her therapist to create a five-point plan to get herself on tr...
Directed By: Susan Johnson
Written By: Kara Holden, Caren Lissner
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 38 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- The Orchard
- 1 h 38 m
Carrie Pilby
52
7.3
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Summary Carrie (Bel Powley), a gifted woman who graduated from Harvard at 19, struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her New York apartment. Without a job and friends because of her unreasonably high standards, Carrie is told by her therapist to create a five-point plan to get herself on tr...
Directed By: Susan Johnson
Written By: Kara Holden, Caren Lissner
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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50% Mixed
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14% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
52
36% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Carrie Pilby the film is 100% Carrie Pilby the character, a living quirk machine that in a lesser actor’s hands might be insufferable.
Thankfully Johnson got someone like Powley to take on the central role because it’s through her honesty that we allow the rest to be somewhat two-dimensional.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.3
70% Positive
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30% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.3
70% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
30% Mixed
3 Ratings
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0% Negative
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I enjoyed this film - its a bit predictable perhaps but I felt I could relate to the main, titular character. I liked the characters and I liked how Carrie dealt with situations and the suggestions of her therapist. Its not exactly an amazing film but its a quietly decent film, as coming of age films about introverts are concerned. Its not especially memorable as such perhaps but I enjoyed it and I particularly liked the father daughter relationship with Carrie (played well by Bel Powley) and her dad, only known as Mr. Pilby, played by Gabriel Byrne.
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Life happens and we just've to flow with it, making better choices!
A better film than I thought. What I thought was seeing how it was received. It was based on the book of the same name, directed by a newcomer. A coming-of-age film, about a 19 year old smart girl, but struggling in the real world since finished her education. Particularly, she's having a trouble with her father in communicating. Not that she's incapable of blend in with the rest of the world, but she's preoccupied with what she's interested in. Now her therapist hints to make a list to accomplish things than the dull life according to him she's presently living on. During her attempt, what are all things she go through was told in the remaining narration.
Bel Powley was brilliant in the title role. It was more like a sequel to her previous film 'The Diary of a Teenage Girl'. Like it was the next stage of her story. Between adulthood and teenhood, at the edge of teenage. Apart from her, the rest of the cast was decent. I usually like this kind of films, but they are all same. Developed from the basic storyline that we are very familiar with. In that perspective, this is not an impressive film, especially if you have seen plenty. Even though not bad for watching it once. Since the characters, cast and settings differ, besides the presentation was good, it surely a nice film to watch alone in a lazy weekend. Probably under- appreciated, but definitely an under- noticed film of the year.
7/10
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This “emotionally immature braniac” character is funny and heartbreaking in equal measure. Carrie Pilby is special. “Carrie Pilby” is less so.
In the title role of the sometimes clever but mostly contrived Carrie Pilby, she (Bel Powley) taxes the boundaries of both.
Carrie Pilby is a studiously quirky affair, but only the natural charm of Powley salvages that tone. The film swings wildly from melancholy to wacky, never truly melding the two; it somehow also lacks verve and energy.
By trying to provide a little something for everyone, it ultimately offers precious little to anyone.
The film is essentially an exercise in forcing a female genius back into her proper place of dependence on both the father figure and the Prince Charming.
Production Company
Braveart Films
Release Date Mar 31, 2017
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Live your life before it passes you by
Awards
Gasparilla International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
