Carrie Review

Review of Carrie (2002) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

HOOPTOBER 9.0 25/32

PAINFULLY 2000s. The CGI didn't irk me as much as the constant skewed angles thrown on everything did (seriously, why?) but the way this ebbs and flows between tv cheese and good shit will keep you planted on the couch. I suspect a lot of things were fought over in this adaptation but the focus on Carrie's more individual personal struggles rather than just with her mother paid off in places, others not so much towards the finale.

But it all really is like I said before, a wax and wane towards and away from its own strengths and weaknesses. This isn't contending for better adaptation of the book, just a different one and by setting its sights on something much more feasible it gets into a nice little groove after adjusting itself correctly in the beginning. Now why does this feel like an X-Men origin story through a Degrassi lens?