Directed by Brian De Palma
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, MGM/Fox)
Brian De Palma elevates high school melodrama to high art in this influential film. Sissy Spacek is perfectly cast as the shy outcast Carrie, who is tormented by her overbearing religious mother at home and classmates at school. A cruel joke in the shower leads to the detention of the other girls, one of whom plots her revenge at the upcoming prom. Carrie has the last word. All of the De Palma trademarks are on full display: the overuse of slow motion, the spinning camerawork, split screen... all shot through that 70s haze. I still prefer his followup, The Fury, as the best telekinesis movie ever made, but this is a lot of fun.
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