nearly perfect movie...just one major flaw

Rating: 7/10 (22 October 2006)

i finally got around to watching "Carrie".while it was worth the wait, i was a little disappointed.the first two thirds of the movie are very well done.it is very easy to sympathize with "Carrie",given the evil witch(Piper Laurie in a brilliant performance)she has for a mother.Carrie(Sissy Spacek in an equally greet performance)is an awkward outsider who has been sheltered from life and does not fit in.she is frequently the target of mercilessly cruel verbal abuse and torment from her classmates.but Carrie has a secret.she has the ability to move objects with her mind.this ability could have been explored and developed more in the story.however,now we come to the last act of the film.after a particularly cruel prank(having a bucket of Pig's blood dumped all over her at the prom),Carrie exacts her revenge-sort of.and herein lies the one major problem with film.given her obvious humiliation and anger,you expect the cruel mongers would get their just rewards for what they have done.yet the revenge that Carrie exacts is much less than what these wretches deserve and is anti climatic.her so called mother also deserves a much worse fate than she receives,as well.although the destruction of the house and its being swallowed up by the earth does imply that she gets her just reward in hell.the only problem is that Carrie is with her and hardly deserves the same fate.there is however much more that is positive about this film than negative.the brilliant performances from the two leads,as mentioned,and the very well executed direction,which provides many moments of tension and suspense.the most important aspect of this film,however is the brilliant score by Pino Donagio,which elevates this movie to a whole new level.so,how to rate this film.only one flaw,although a major one. 6.5* stars seems fair for this movie