Overall, it's neither inferior nor superior compared to the original; it's all straightforward remake with modern time elements. Despite of being disappointing ...
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The film had some great visuals and an overall, style. I enjoyed the story structure. It felt very noir. Even Shiloh's performance was quite entertaining.
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Carrie is an absolute bland remake. Very little fire in this film but rather an excuse to boost Chloe Grace Moretz's career as a rising young actress.
A fine, largely faithful screen remake, directed by Kimberly Peirce that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as its goddess of gore.
In this remake, everything is simplified, characters painted as black-and-white good or evil, and Carrie ultimately does become another revenge movie.
The result is what most people going to this movie will want to see: Carrie's telekinetic retribution. It's the one sequence of the movie that's ...
It's masterful filmmaking that recalls the visual economy of her debut film, 'Boys Don't Cry,' and her gift for psychological nuance.
Although it's set up to be a promising remake of the 1976 classic, “Carrie” fails to match the superiority of Brian De Palma's original.
Although it doesn't threaten the supremacy of Brian De Palma's 1976 classic, Kimberly Peirce's latest film manages an intermittently effective retelling.
It purports to be a reworking of the novel, but the finished product is nothing more than an unnecessary update as a remake. The story remains ...