Nobody would argue with the thought that Sissy Spacek is the perfect heroine of Stephen King's scary tale of teenage telekinesis. But in a pinch, Angela Bettis, the star of this 2002 TV remake, fills Spacek's bloody shoes very well. Bettis--who expertly plays a similar role in the indie horror pic May--gets all the loner pathos of poor Carrie White, equally tormented by her cool classmates and her religious-fanatic mom (Patricia Clarkson). Her transformation from doormat to vengeful prom queen remains surefire wish fulfillment for anyone who ever felt a misfit in high school. Despite Bettis's intensity, it's difficult to justify remaking Carrie when Brian De Palma's 1976 version is enshrined as a classic of its kind (especially given the pedestrian TV-movie production values on display here). This one delivers its jolts, but when you could just as easily spend time with Spacek and De Palma, why bother? --Robert Horton
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Carrie White (Angela Bettis) is going through an extremely difficult time. As she struggles to come to terms with the feminine changes that adolescence brings, she has also developed a sort of telekinetic power that she is unable to fully control. Carrie attempts to shut herself off from the rest of the school, but teasing pranksters have targeted her for their next practical joke.
This 2002 TV-Movie follows Stephen King's source novel faithfully, offering a variety of scares, twists, and special effects that were absent from Brian DePalma's 1976 theatrical release. Patricia Clarkson stands out as Carrie's bizarre mother.
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They played a mean-spirited prank. Now there's hell to pay. Stephen King's classic novel comes to life again in this made-for-TV remake.
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