Starring
- Chloe Grace Moretz
- Julianne Moore
- Gabriella Wilde
- Portia Doubleday
- Ansel Elgort
Original Theatrical Release Date: 10/18/2013
Running Time: 99 mins
Synopsis: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. --From Rotten Tomatoes
Review:
Admittedly, I'm not a big reader. I do love Stephen King's books though, particularly his older books. And while 'Carrie', his first published novel, might not be his best written book, it is one of his best and most memorable stories. And Brian DePalma's 1976 film adaptation is easily regarded as a classic horror movie, even if there are some slight deviations from it's source material.
The new 'Carrie' boasts a reimagining, which I took to be a re-adaptation of the book. With the very talented Chloe Grace Moretz cast in the titular role, and Julianne Moore as her overly religious nutcase of a mother, my expectations were fairly high. Moretz and Moore definitely delivered excellent performances in what I can only describe as a rehash of the original movie. There was nothing in this remake that would make it stand out from the '76 version. In fact, some of the scenes almost seemed like an exact replica, down to the dated dialogue.
That's not to say that the remake isn't without it's merits. Moretz, while not as memorable in the role as Sissy Spacek, portrays the character with as much awkwardness as one could possibly muster. She really shines in the recreation of the infamous prom scene, where it goes to show that Hell hath no fury like a sheltered telekinetic outcast scorned. And as I mentioned earlier, Julianne Moore was great as well. Those two are not enough to carry a movie though. And had the DePalma version not existed, this would be a fine adaptation of the book. The problem is, the original does exist, and the new version does not deviate enough from it's predecessor to be necessary.
The new 'Carrie' boasts a reimagining, which I took to be a re-adaptation of the book. With the very talented Chloe Grace Moretz cast in the titular role, and Julianne Moore as her overly religious nutcase of a mother, my expectations were fairly high. Moretz and Moore definitely delivered excellent performances in what I can only describe as a rehash of the original movie. There was nothing in this remake that would make it stand out from the '76 version. In fact, some of the scenes almost seemed like an exact replica, down to the dated dialogue.
That's not to say that the remake isn't without it's merits. Moretz, while not as memorable in the role as Sissy Spacek, portrays the character with as much awkwardness as one could possibly muster. She really shines in the recreation of the infamous prom scene, where it goes to show that Hell hath no fury like a sheltered telekinetic outcast scorned. And as I mentioned earlier, Julianne Moore was great as well. Those two are not enough to carry a movie though. And had the DePalma version not existed, this would be a fine adaptation of the book. The problem is, the original does exist, and the new version does not deviate enough from it's predecessor to be necessary.
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