Critics Hated this Stephen King Reboot and Now It’s Free to Stream; But is it Really that Bad?
I would like to point out that I am not anti-remake. I think remakes have their place in the cinematic landscape. There are at least a handful of reimaginings that I absolutely treasure. However, I am against remakes that don’t serve an identifiable purpose. If a redux doesn’t improve upon the original or tell a decidedly different story, I have a hard time justifying its existence. Case in point: The 2013 reimagining of Stephen King’s seminal novel Carrie.
To be fair, I love Chloe Grace Moretz. I think she is a gift to movie lovers. And I think she gave it her all. However, I simply did not connect with Kimberly Peirce’s interpretation.
Brian De Palma’s Carrie is a pretty perfect film. There isn’t much of anything to improve upon. Moreover, Peirce’s reimagining doesn’t cover a lot of new ground. As such, it comes off as a fairly cynical attempt to cash in on an IP with plenty of name recognition.
Thanks in large part to name recognition, the film was a moderate financial success. It pulled in $84,790,678 globally against an estimated budget of $30 million. But the Carrie redux failed to win over its audience. Critics and movie lovers alike lambasted the flick for failing to differentiate itself from the original and I couldn’t possibly agree more.
If you count yourself a fan of this redux, you are in luck. You can find Carrie (2013) streaming on Tubi (for free with ads) as of the publication of this post.
The setup for this misguide update of the Stephen King novel goes like this:
High school can be tough for many teenagers, but for Carrie White (Moretz), it’s especially hellish. A shy and awkward teen being raised by a religious zealot (Julianne Moore), Carrie is frequently the target of bullies. But Carrie has a secret talent: She can make things move with her mind. One fateful night, an especially cruel prank at her senior prom pushes her over the edge, and Carrie unleashes her telekinetic powers on all who get in her way.
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