A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Rather than fixing some of the problems with De Palma's approach and trying something fresh, Peirce compounds them.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
21 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
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:
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
rotten:
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.