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TV review: 'Carrie' update both poignant and confusing

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"Carrie," premiering Wednesday on Prime Video, updates the Stephen King tale with modern depictions of bullying but invents other strange additions.

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  1. Deadline

    Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Envisioned As Three Seasons In “Dream Scenario” (opens Deadline)

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    Mike Flanagan adapted Stephen King’s Carrie into a series, and in a “dream scenario,” he would like it to run as a trilogy. Already counting on King’s approval of the adaptation, Flanagan has a specific vision for Carrie that could potentially go beyond the original story.

  2. New York Post

    Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ is a bloody good Stephen King reboot: review (opens New York Post)

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    TV’s horror king Mike Flanagan’s new "Carrie" is an engrossing update of the classic story for the Gen-Z era.

  3. CNET

    ‘Carrie’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Remake Is a Timely (and Terrifying) High School Tragedy (opens CNET)

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    Prime Video’s Carrie is a poignant, emotional retelling of Stephen King’s classic horror story.

  4. Time

    Mike Flanagan's Timely Carrie Is the First Worthwhile Adaptation in 50 Years (opens Time)

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    Every adaptation of Stephen King's classic reflects its era. Set in the present, Mike Flanagan's Prime Video series finds monsters everywhere

  5. Polygon

    'Carrie' Review: Amazon Gives Stephen King's First Book Modern Update You'll Never See Coming (opens Polygon)

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    Mike Flanagan is also no stranger to adapting Stephen King's work, but until now, he's mostly stayed on the periphery. Carrie is a bold step forward.

  6. UPI

    TV review: 'Carrie' update both poignant and confusing (opens UPI)

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    "Carrie," premiering Wednesday on Prime Video, updates the Stephen King tale with modern depictions of bullying but invents other strange additions.

  7. Inverse

    'Carrie' Review: Mike Flanagan's Update On The Stephen King Thriller Is Unexpectedly Great — Until It Isn't (opens Inverse)

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    Updating Stephen King's classic novel 'Carrie' for television, 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' creator Mike Flanagan makes some big changes — for better and for worse.

  8. Forbes

    Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ Gets Lost In The Television Machine (opens Forbes)

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    This new eight-episode take on the classic Stephen King story adds a great deal of backstory. But that doesn't ensure the project is any more scary that the original film

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