I think my love of the novel makes me overly critical of any adaptation of this story. And as I may have written 10 years ago, I think Carrie is a difficult story to adapt due to Carrie herself being hard to develop as a character. This version almost most completely ignores the supplementary characters that build and deepen the plot.
That aside, some of the set pieces here are still really effective and Sissy Spacek’s performance is so good I…