Carrie Pilby is an upbeat comedy that is a comfort to anyone who has ever felt alone in the city.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 25, 2021

[A] humorous journey.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2019

Although there is a formulaic quality to the film's structure, smart casting and an impressive restraint shine through, allowing the bittersweetness of Carrie's ever-frustrating quest to let her emotional maturity catch up with her mental prowess.

| Nov 1, 2018

Watching Carrie Pilby try to navigate her life is often cringeworthy for me in particular, but that desire to cringe and cover my face with embarrassment attests to the strength of the character and of Powley's performance.

| Jun 8, 2017

Carrie needs a better movie, but Powley finds just enough authenticity amid the minefield of narrative contrivances to make the film worthwhile.

| May 12, 2017

Powley is a good actress, but she plays a protagonist whose motivations flip-flop too conveniently, such that by the end, it is hard not to feel cheated.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 5, 2017

What is the target audience for this particular brand of cotton candy? Teenage girls dreaming of first love while sipping cherry pop?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 5, 2017

And while Carrie's comic misadventures in trying to have some fun aren't as comical as they could be, we don't mind tagging along as the smartest girl in town learns something new.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2017

A core of substance and a fine cast are squandered in the relentless hard-sell perkiness of this mild comic drama.

| Apr 3, 2017

A fairly familiar romantic dramedy distinguishes itself because its awkward, immature nerd is a young woman, poignantly portrayed by the wonderful Bel Powley.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 31, 2017

A golden example of what can go wrong when a coming-of-age story shares the same insecurities as its lead character.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 31, 2017

As the title character, Bel Powley is so enormously compelling that she breathes life into Carrie's quirks and the story's contrivances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2017

Ms. Powley is a miracle worker.

| Mar 30, 2017

Teen genius learns to live life in so-so book-based dramedy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 30, 2017

Overall, it's a fairly sweet and enjoyable film.

| Mar 30, 2017

In her directorial debut, Susan Johnson balances the character's haughty brilliance and aimless privilege with an underlying vulnerability.

| Mar 29, 2017

The film is essentially an exercise in forcing a female genius back into her proper place of dependence on both the father figure and the Prince Charming.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Mar 29, 2017

Trite and cutesy coming-of-age tale about a super-intelligent young woman who learns a life lesson through taking chances. Purgatory.

| Mar 27, 2017

Carrie Pilby is as synthetically directed as it is written, and the performers struggle.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 14, 2016

A well-intentioned but imperfect young-adult-skewing comedy-drama.

| Sep 19, 2016