Tanya’s Score: Okay-and-a-half*
Rated: 14A
Starring: The Coal Miner’s Daughter; The Greatest American Hero; Vinnie Barbarino
Plot: A teenaged girl (Sissy Spacek) with telekinetic powers is routinely mocked and humiliated at school with tragic results.
Tanya’s Verdict: This movie shows its age from the very beginning – the cheesy music, the soft-core pornish beginning with completely naked girls showering in the change room. My kids couldn’t help but laugh – and frankly I couldn’t blame them!
But half-way through, this movie reached a turning point. It was here that the slow-told story began to pay off. And despite the blood and gore being a tad over-wrought, this is where the movie picked up steam and the real chills began.
I will say this – Carrie may be a tad corny and old-fashioned – but many of the scenes remain burned into my memory from first watching this as a young teen myself. Several years ago, I watched the 2013 re-make and not one thing struck any sort of chord. I can barely even remember who acted in it.
*Four score descriptions: Sh**; Okay; Good; Great
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