Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering... Read allCarrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.
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- Lou Garson
- (as Tyler Foley)
- Little Carrie
- (as Jodelle Micah Ferland)
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- TriviaThis is the only adaptation of "Carrie" which has interviews with the survivors of Prom Night, as in King's original novel.
- GoofsCarrie's hair is already wet and there is already blood splashed all over the floor when the first drops hit her face.
- Quotes
Estelle Horan: [wakes up to find Carrie standing next to her] Hi.
Little Carrie: What are those?
Estelle Horan: Breasts.
Little Carrie: I wish I had some.
Estelle Horan: You'll have to wait a few years, but you'll get them, and I bet they'll be really pretty too.
Little Carrie: No, I won't. Momma says good girls don't get them.
Estelle Horan: She said what?
Little Carrie: Mommy says good girls don't get...
Estelle Horan: Your mom is such a total hypocrite, she's like a C-cup.
Little Carrie: Momma says she was bad when she made me. That's why she has them, she calls them dirty pillows.
Estelle Horan: Wow.
Margaret White: [sees Carrie talking to Estelle] Carrie! Get over here, what did I tell you?
Estelle's Mother: [sees Margaret stepping out of her home] Afternoon Margaret.
Estelle Horan: Calm down Margaret, we're just talking.
Margaret White: Don't tell me to calm down, whore girl.
Estelle's Mother: Now Margaret, I asked you not to call my daughter that.
Estelle Horan: Suck it you cow!
Estelle's Mother: Estelle!
Margaret White: [grabbing Carrie's hand] Get in this house right now!
Estelle Horan: Do yourself a favor and run away from home!
Estelle's Mother: Estelle! Quiet!
Estelle Horan: Margaret says I have boobs because I was a slut.
Estelle's Mother: She said what?
- ConnectionsFeatured in De Palma (2015)
- SoundtracksOutside, Looking In
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However, I expected this movie to be simply garbage, like the recent "Rose Red", or dull and mediocre, like the TV remake of The Shining, and surprisingly, it was better than that.
Making a remake of a classic film is usually inadvisable, but under the circumstances, this was an honest and decent rendition of Carrie. TV movies tend to be endlessly drawn out, with low proudction values, and this was better than average. Most of the credit goes, however to the casting. Most of the cast were a very competent group of actors who I think really gave it their best shot in creating a new angle on the Carrie story. Particular mention should be made of Angela Bettis in the title role. She tackled the daunting task of taking a part made very famous by someone else, and making it her own. Her Carrie is less a neurotic mess than Sissy Spacek', repressed and unhappy but still strong and with some guts. She was very sweet and vulnerable, and was often very touching, as when she was suddenly, out of the blue, asked to the prom by such a handsome, nice boy.
One big disappointment was Patricia Clarkson as Mrs. White. The part was really reduced in scope in this version, and the actress played her in a very restrained and bland fashion. I can well imagine that it was decided that to replicate Piper Laurie's over the top baroque performance was inadvisable. The idea here was to have a more low key sinister approach. But the result was completely dull and uninteresting character that had less relevance to the story than it should have.
So for a TV remake of a horror classic, I give it A for effort, with some very good elements to it. However, this is still a movie you will probably watch only once. The real Carrie, Brian DePalma's 1976 classic, is one that is always fun to watch again and again!
- bilahn
- Nov 7, 2002
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