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=Carrie (2013)= Carrie is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by Kimberly Peirce. It is the third film adaptation and a remake to the 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name and the fourth film in the Carrie franchise. The film was produced by Kevin Misher, with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as the titular character Carrie White, alongside Julianne Moore as Margaret White. The cast also features Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort and Alex Russell.

Plot
High school can be tough for many teenagers, but for Carrie White (Chloë Grace 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.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) False advertising: When the movie was announced, it was marked to be "less a remake of the De Palma film and more a re-adaptation of the original text". But in reality, it is the shot-for-shot remake of the 1976 version, because executive meddling forced Kimberley Peirce to cut over forty minutes of footage and reshoot some scenes to turn it.
 * 2) The film's take on the prom scene as a whole tends to divide audiences. While there seems to be a consensus that a few things were done better than the original 1976 version (for example, not so many deaths-by-firehose), everything else is divisive. Is the blood slowly rising from Carrie's body creepy, or too much? Were some bits, like the twins getting trampled to death, too over-the-top to be cathartic? Was the scene dragged out too long?
 * 3) The twins Lizzy and Nicki get barely any lines or screentime. They could at least have been given a few more lines during the scenes with the Girl Posse. Overall the popular girls had more characterization that was cut by Executive Meddling wanting to have the film stick closer to the 1976 version.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Just like the 2002 version, Sue Snell gets the active role than the 1976 film.

Reception
Carrie received mixed-to-negative reviews, with calling it "unnecessary" and criticizing the lack of originality and scares, though they praised the modern updates and cast. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50% approval rating with an average rating of 5.49/10 based on 187 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "It boasts a talented cast, but Kimberly Peirce's 'reimagining' of Brian De Palma's horror classic finds little new in the Stephen King novel -- and feels woefully unnecessary.". On Metacritic, it scored a 53 out of 100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.

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