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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 11, 2007
Pros: Taut, tightly paced, fine adaptation, and good casting/acting
Cons: None
Summary: In the late fall of 1976, just as that year’s Presidential campaign was leading up to its not-too-surprising conclusion – Jimmy Carter edged out the incumbent Gerald Ford by a small but nevertheless decisive number of votes a few days later – United ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 20, 2012
Pros: story, acting, some camera techniques
Cons: other camera techniques, out-of-place scenes
Summary: Carrie was a movie I never really liked, but appreciated after giving it another chance a few months back.Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is a total outcast, ostracized both at school and at home. After Carrie experiences her ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 11, 2011
Pros: Big-break movie for certain stars, a few intense scenes.
Cons: Some points dragged on endlessly, horrible music.
Summary: There aren't many movies from my childhood that stuck with me over the years. The Exorcist, Saturday Night Fever, KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park and Carrie are really the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 12, 2009
Pros: Slick 70s milk, creepy, close to the book, De Palma
Cons: *shrugs*
Summary: It's been a looooong time since I read the 1974 debut novel from Stephen King called Carrie and it's been even longer since I saw the film of it starring Sissy Spacek and oh-my-gosh-it's John Travolta (in a small role *shrugs*). This garners a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 3, 2009
Pros: Entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Some disturbing moments. Few things look slightly dated.
Summary: There are some horror movies that aren't as gory overall even though they still tell disturbing stories and include scary moments. Carrie is one of those movies.Teenager Carrie White is a bit of an outcast at Bates High ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 19, 2008
Pros: The fine performances, stylish direction, dark humor and believably rotten high school depiction. Cons: De Palma's stylistic choices aren't always sensible.
Summary: This review is part of captaind's The Good Movies EpiGuide 2 write-off: http: www.epinions.com content 5245804676< a>.Leave it to Stephen King< b>, in his first published novel, to make a coming-of-age story ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 1, 2007
Pros: A really good film adaptation of a great book
Cons: None apart from a slightly wooden Travolta performance
Summary: Here is one of my Amazon bargains. I think I paid around £5 (about $8 or so)for it(shop around as you can get it for less if you don't mind it being a second-hand copy). This was one that was ready to watch as soon as I got the parcel through the post ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 11, 2005
Pros: An All Around Great Film
Cons: A Bit Light On the Horror Elements
Summary: Carrie is a film that I had long heard of, and it's one of the most commonly loved horror films. I had always wondered what the hype was about, but all I knew about the film was that it involved a girl with telekinetic powers going to her prom. This was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2004
Pros: An aesthetic feast with a smorgasboard of styles and a wonderful turn by Spacek.
Cons: Some poor acting. Languid pacing in crucial scenes and superfluous set-pieces undermine "Carrie"
Summary: I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino. Yes, in some circles, he is the 90's biggest cinematic kleptomaniac, but his ability to intrinsically weave and delineate multiple genres, styles and cinematic references into comprehensive and engaging tales is ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 4, 2003
Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing.
Summary: "CARRIE" is still as potent a film today as it was back in 1976. Brian De Palma, adapting Stephen King's novel somewhat faithfully was able to tap into the horror that is adolescence and the pains that go with it. For anyone who was an outsider looking ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2003
Pros: Great story. Wild movie. Massive cast.
Cons: Just look over the fashions and hair.
Summary: Carrie scared the crap out of me back in 1976, and it still sends chill bumps up my spine today. When I saw it as a middle school kid, I just thanked my lucky stars that I was never mean to any of the other kids in school who might have some ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2003
Pros: Stands up to any horror movie made in the last 20 years--and wins.
Cons: What are you talking about? There are no cons to this movie.
Summary: Does the world need another review of CARRIE? Well, need or not, I’m writing one, so read it or don’t, that’s your choice. But here goes.
Who in the world HASN’T seen this movie? And who in the world DOESN’T know ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2003
Pros: Spacek, Laurie and Irving, real-life teenage issues
Cons: shower scene
Summary: Since the second part of Carrie, came out a few a few years ago, I have been wanting to watch the original. So I rectified that situation and rented them both from Netflix...and sat back to watch them last Friday evening after work. Carrie ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 2002
Pros: A perfect movie to watch on Friday the 13th or Halloween night!
Cons: None.
Summary: I have first watched this movie in the theatres when it first came out in 1976 and ever since, I have really and truly liked this movie.
This screenplay is by Lawrence D. Cohen. He has done a real fantastic job in creating this.
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 31, 2002
Pros: Sissy Spacek. Piper Laurie. Some brilliant directorial touches.
Cons: Dated costumes and hairstyles.
Summary: That darling little Australian, Olivia Newton-John, reported to the set of Aida on Ice today to begin work on her role as Amneris. I think this could be the big break her career has been waiting for. Between run throughs of her first act ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2002
Pros: Sissy Spacek's performance; DePalma's direction
Cons: May be extraordinarily disturbing
Summary: The best horror movies are the ones whose stories and images linger in our thoughts and our nightmares. Frequently, if reality suddenly mirrors what we've seen on the screen, that makes those films all the more important. Brian DePalma's 1976 thriller ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2002
Pros: Vrry tense and scary
Cons: Spacek's screaming is ear piercing.
Summary: I remember reading this book back in high school when it first came out. I think it’s the only Stephen King book I’ve ever read. I wasn’t allowed to see the film because, well, my parents wouldn’t let me. But I’ve seen it several times since and each ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2002
Pros: You'd be surprised what you can learn from a 'horror' movie
Cons: bloody and over the top, but needed
Summary: The Oracle says: Piper Laurie has a Bacon number of 2.
Piper Laurie was in Rich in Love (1992) with Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe was in Stir of Echoes (1999) with Kevin Bacon ***
Congratulations to Diane (SurgRN911) on her ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 2, 2001
Pros: Entertaining
Cons: The book and the video are not at all similar.
Summary: I thoroughly enjoyed Carrie for its religious fundamentalism and its overall twist of events in this girls life, however after I saw the movie I read the book expecting it to be very similar, this did not happen in fact in the book Carrie is an ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2001
Pros: Impressive new DVD edition; great story; still scary after all these years
Cons: Some may find the prom scene disturbing (though that's the point)
Summary: Brian DePalma's Carrie is so well known to even the most casual purveyors of pop-culture that a plot summary seems almost redundant, but here's a refresher. After suffering through sixteen years of fundamentalist religious dogma at the hands of ... read more
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A young girl with telekinetic powers is the school wallflower and she bears the brunt of her classmates jokes.Genre: HorrorRating: RRelease Date: 1-AU...
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