Peirce wants to make a hit, and, even with source material this strange, it feels as though she has. But if so, that's all she has made.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
10 Dec 2013
fresh:
Chloe Moretz is unnervingly talented, but Carrie is not a role she was born to play. She hasn't a victim's bone in her body and fluffs the early scenes.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
26 Nov 2013
fresh:
It is a timeless thing for all of us, the ritual of high-school expectation and heartache. Once again, as it did nearly 40 years ago, Carrie turns it into an experience of biblical proportions.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
22 Oct 2013
fresh:
The movie is very good, both as a first-order viewing experience and as a contemporary gloss on Brian De Palma's classic 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Oct 2013
rotten:
Rather than fixing some of the problems with De Palma's approach and trying something fresh, Peirce compounds them.