Review of Carrie (2013) by Ahmet Ç — 18 Mar 2014
Why o why do Hollywood filmmakers get "carrie" away and decide to remake classic horror 70's classics to a new generation that can care less about the 70's movies? And this monstrosity of a mistake has once again been executed in the remake of Brian DePalma's classic telekinetic revenge horror flick "Carrie". Director Kimberly Pierce, most famous for directing the gripping "Boys Don't Cry", sure made me cry in how she remade "Carrie" into a ridiculous imitation about a bulled teen named Carrie who just wants to be liked; but circumstances lead Carrie to end up in a bloody prom affair that causes her to go all telekinetic cra-cra against her tormentors and the entire school population for that matter. Oh and of course, Carrie does not have it too good at home either living with a maniac overreligious psychotic mommy. Well, I don't know why I got "carrie" away there with the plot of "Carrie" which is known to most of you Chloe Grace Moretz does a decent job playing the title character, but it was not Sissy enough for me;, if you get my Spacek homage there for Sissy's brilliant leading work in the original. The great Julianne Moore goes acting overboard in her clownish work as Carrie's mother Margaret White. The film's screenplay was very dull and cliché-ish and did not cut like a knife and did not feel so right, sorry Bryan Adams. Her name is still "Carrie", but her cinematic power has faded. So run away far from this remake as fast as you telekinetic can!
** Needs Improvement.
This review of Carrie (2013) was written by Ahmet Ç on 18 Mar 2014.
Carrie has generally received mixed reviews.
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