Review of Carrie (2013) by Jonathan K — 13 Apr 2014

I've never seen the original, but from what I saw in this remake, the story is actually quite substantial, if too slow paced. It's an interesting story tying forgiveness and the supernatural. The problem in the "update for the 21st century" is it focuses too much on the spectacle of "being young" vs the characterization.

At an R rating, it is also quite soft, not really going for much gore and instead favouring endless scenes needed to be fast forwarded to still keep it on pace.