Carrie

Carrie has built a devoted audience in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on fuboTV and MGM+ Amazon Channel among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. 4,753 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Chloë Grace Moretz sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Netflix.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Carrie earns its spot. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Carrie earns every emotional beat it goes for. An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home. The performances from Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. It was released in 2013. Carrie resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Carrie delivers. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Chloë Grace Moretz carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.