Carrie
Screen Gems | Release Date: October 18, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
18
Negative:
5
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38
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 17, 2013
The new Carrie is a thoroughly dispiriting remake — “retread” is the appropriate word — that could have been directed by any proficient Hollywood hack. Read full review
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TimeRichard CorlissOct 20, 2013
Why did these talented folks decide to take on Carrie when they had nothing innovative to bring to it and, by refrying the same blood sausage, risked invidious comparison to the original? To put it another way: If the most modest expectations cannot be met, indeed must be crushed, then What Is Life? Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickOct 17, 2013
Hollywood’s ongoing campaign to remake every horror movie of the 1970s and ’80s has finally caught up with the Stephen King-Brian De Palma classic “Carrie,’’ and the results are distressingly anemic, pig blood and all. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthOct 17, 2013
When the end comes, and the suggestion of a sequel is left faintly lingering (though not in the way you’re expecting), weariness descends on just how unimaginative Carrie is and how easily it settles for the expected, rather than striving to be excitingly refreshing. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEric HendersonOct 17, 2013
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. Read full review
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