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- 2013
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 40 m
- 2013
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Carrie White, a sheltered high school girl, unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers.
Directed By: Kimberly Peirce
Written By: Lawrence D. Cohen, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King
- 2013
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 40 m
- 2013
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 40 m
Carrie
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6.1
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Summary Carrie White, a sheltered high school girl, unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers.
Directed By: Kimberly Peirce
Written By: Lawrence D. Cohen, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King
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Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
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11 Reviews
53% Mixed
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15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
53
32% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
53% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Long before the blood starts spilling, it’s clear the new team has mostly nailed it. The reboot is as good a Carrie remake as possible, though it’s not truly a scary movie; the film takes its time living up to its R rating.
Ms. Peirce plays up the story’s religious themes and Carrie’s burgeoning power as she discovers her telekinetic gifts, even as the dread of the female body that deepens Mr. De Palma’s version somehow goes missing.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 365 User Ratings
6.1
45% Positive
164 Ratings
164 Ratings
37% Mixed
134 Ratings
134 Ratings
18% Negative
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 365 User Ratings
6.1
45% Positive
164 Ratings
164 Ratings
37% Mixed
134 Ratings
134 Ratings
18% Negative
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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THIS MOVIE VERY AWESOME , VERY GOOD VERY VOOD VERY VOOD VERY GOOD, IT IS THE BEST HORROR MOVIE IN THE WORLD IＳＡＷ
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One of the more solid ’70s horror remakes, but it lacks the verve and potency, romance and heartache of the original. Still, the haircuts are a vast improvement...
If De Palma’s version was one part adolescent dream, three parts nightmare, with a sly streak of satire running through it, Peirce’s is a more earnest yet still engrossing take on the story that should connect with contemporary teens. At the very least it might send fledgling horror buffs scurrying to their Netflix queues to watch a vintage masterpiece of the genre.
Comparisons are unfair and inevitable. But even when taken on its own terms, the new Carrie rings hollow, a horror movie that is unsure of itself, with little to offer the uninitiated and less to offer fans of the first film.
In focusing on predominately kid-gloves portrayals of her teen players, Kimberly Peirce never properly addresses the machinery behind their doom, which is why the film is relentlessly lifeless when it's not literally ripping off De Palma shot-for-shot.
Carrie is a 2013 horror film directed by Peirce Kinberly with Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.
Taken from Carrie by Stephen King and eponymous 1976 film by Brian De Palma , tells the story of the young Carrie White , a girl who is constantly abused by his classmates and lives with his mother Margaret , a fundamentalist Christian has segregated in the house since he was born . Shortly after being the victim of a bad joke by some companion, Carrie discovers to have telekinetic powers and begin to train in their use.
The film begins well with the birth scene of Carrie, in which we see the folly of Margaret as she thought it was a tumor. Going forward with the film , we understand that it is set in today's world , this that the story was closer to us and also to explain better the problem of bullying and religious extremism .
Also stressed by the fact that Peirce is not De Palma , but director gets along very well in some places showing good ideas filmmaking .
Also worthy of praise are the two main actresses Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore. The young Chloe proves to be very good in the role of Carrie , especially in awkward movements and the shyness that can leak from its behavior (the only small flaw is that it's too pretty to be Carrie , who in the book , moreover, was fat) . Julianne Moore on the other hand is perfect in the role of Margaret ; expression disturbing and lost in the void , he manages to show us his inner insanity , identical to how it was described on the book and doing a job, in my opinion, better than that of Laurie ( but she was fabulous in that part ) .
The discussions that exist between mother and daughter are very well done , describing a strange love-hate relationship between the two .
The issues of bullying , contempt toward the other and the religious bigotry (especially the first two ) are dealt with in a very harsh and dramatic and Peirce here has tried to emphasize how cruel they can be with scenes not present neither in the book nor in the film De Palma .
To conclude this new Carrie is a film worthy and a great remake even if it is the same level as that of the '70s.
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When I first saw this movie I really loved it, but as time has gone on it's just a decent movie. Chloe Grace Moretz was miscast, Carrie is supposed to be a fat ugly girl, according to the movie book, which I never felt like they got right. The closest they came was the 1976 original. I do not believe that she would have been shunned at all.
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After trying to watch the original movie, I couldn't get past some of those hairstyles, so I decided to watch this adaptation instead. The lead had moments of great acting and some of poor. While I really enjoyed the movie there always seemed to be something missing. A quality that was just not there.
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This film feels clumsy, uninspired and often ridiculous. This remake of 'Carrie' seems to bounce between a modern day chick flick and a gory horror, neither of which are done well. While the acting is for the most part relatively credible, the story seems to escalate in a rough, rushed momentum that doesn't take the characters along with it. Overall quite poor and at times unnecessarily bloody and over the top.
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In order for a remake to really work it has to have its own clear spin on the original template, unfortunately Carrie doesn’t really seem to know what it wants to be. For large parts it is more high school movie than horror movie (a montage featuring the song Diane Young by Vampire Weekend is so completely out of place as to be almost comical) and never comes close to recreating the creepy atmosphere of the original. The central performance from the talented Moretz stops things from completely falling apart, even when the dialogue is at its most clunky, but with the original still standing up fine this is an almost completely pointless remake.
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Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
Screen Gems,
Misher Films
Release Date Oct 18, 2013
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline You will know her name
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fright Meter Awards
• 2 Nominations
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
