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.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Overview
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.
Director and cast
- Kimberly Peirce Director
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie White
- Julianne Moore as Margaret White
- Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin
- Alex Russell as Billy Nolan
- Portia Doubleday as Chris Hargensen
- Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell
- Max Topplin as Jackie Talbott
- Connor Price as Freddy 'Beak' Holt
- Ansel Elgort as Tommy Ross
- Cynthia Preston as Eleanor Snell
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
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
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
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
Rotten
Rather than fixing some of the problems with De Palma's approach and trying something fresh, Peirce compounds them.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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