hyped garbage

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

You cannot expect SATC wit with Carrie's diary on TheCW. It's not HBO and not aimed at the same viewers. I can understand the hard core Sex and the City fans disappointed by the changes in the story of Carrie, simply they kept only Carrie's spirit to built the character, to serve the story.Feels like they changed her family background to better accommodate the story. Being raised by her father and having a sister close in age, makes more room for Carrie's young relationships. With a mother and no sister, she would have shared much more with her and less "time" for her friends. With this new family background, she is already propelled in the NY and fashion world that she cannot find or share at home. I was very glad that for once a show for younger audience didn't picture young girls as we've seen too much, brainless, wearing minuscule dresses and spiky heels all day, to show their super skinny shapes. Characters here are much more real and it's a breath of fresh air.The 80s set is fun, even if I don't recall some styles. Music of course is great and overall I enjoyed the show.

I never write reviews on IMDb, but after seeing horrible reviews, I had to do something. I have never watched SATC or the movies, but I wanted to watch this show because it looked like a good break from horror shows. First of all, the series is BASED on the book series of The Carrie Diaries, not the SEX AND THE CITY books/TV show/movies. And when you read the word based, it means that it won't be 100% accurate; that never happens when a book becomes a show/movie. I don't see why that would scare away some hardcore SATC fans, you're here to see how Carrie made it, not if she looks like SJP, or if his dad is present instead of her mom. And all those changes were made by Candace Bushnell, the author of SATC. So make your research before complaining. TCD delivers just the old-fashioned taste of a teen drama; no horror, no blood, just good drama about a group of teens and about their issues while they are on High School. AnnaSophia was the perfect choice to have her own show, I find her charismatic and an actress that can be the lead of a show. The rest of the cast is great too. The plot is awesome; there are not bad episodes, and week by week you want more and more! There's always something going on. Overall, I find this as my current favorite show because it's just a show that you don't take too seriously but you enjoy it because of all the 80's vibe, the cast and the stories. Give it a chance if you like teen shows!

I don't mind this show. My husband won't watch it with me, but I like it. It IS entertaining. I just wish they hadn't tried to use names of characters from previous years of TV to try and make a go of a series. If you're not gonna at least attempt to make it a bit more like what we know and love from Carrie Bradshaw, then don't name your character after her. It's not like we knew a ton about Carrie's life before SATC but, the few details we did would have been awesome to have been used in this series. I don't care if it is CW, HBO, or NBC creating this show. Once there has been a strong character built, ya kinda need to stay with it. Kudos to HBO for getting us to fall in love with your characters. Kudos to the CW for giving those that love SATC a shot at holding on to beloved characters, but the details matter. I'll keep watching The Carrie Diaries, but at least I now know that it's not really the character I fell in love with. It's just her name.

At first it might seem strange to take a series that helped define HBO and put the prequel on, of all places, the CW, but it ends up making more sense and actually working out – as a targeted drama – quite well.In the arc of the story, long before there was Sex and the City, with the columnist, shoe-lover and perpetually single Carrie, there was The Carrie Diaries, featuring a 16-year-old version of Carrie, but also based on the books of Candace Bushnell.THE CARRIE DIARIES': 8 THINGS TO KNOW The Carrie Diaries is set in 1984 and stars AnnaSophia Robb as Carrie, who lives in Connecticut with her sister Dorrit (Stefania Owen) and their father, Tom (Matt Letscher). In this version, Carrie's mother has recently died and Tom is left to raise two teenage girls – no easy task. The younger Dorrit is rebelling more openly (pot, stealing, illegal videotaping of Purple Rain, etc.) than Carrie, who is called upon to be something of a surrogate mom. But at 16 she has other interests, namely the cute rich kid/rebel Sebastian (Austin Butler) and the lure of another man – Manhattan. Yes, that last line comes straight from The Carrie Diaries and it's clumsy, as are a number of others, but there's something sweet and engaging about this series even though it's not so much about drawing hearts on notebooks as it is learning to party in Manhattan.THE CW: STILL DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT DOES That is to say that Robb is an adorable teen Carrie who spent the summer grieving for her mother and is clearly a girl who has been brought up well. But she's also entering a period of sexual awakening, and that will certainly take the sweetness out of it for some people (or not, depending). In the show, Carrie is not the popular girl. She hangs out with a small group of best friends who help her out. There's Mouse (Ellen Wong), Maggie (Katie Findlay) and Maggie's boyfriend Walt (Brendan Dooling). In the second episode there's a shot of Maggie on her knees in front of Walt. And in the first episode, Mouse, who comes off as pretty straight-laced, talks about losing her virginity to her older boyfriend and describes it thusly: "It was like putting a hot dog through a key hole." Luckily, there aren't too many of those lines. But still, you can't unhear it.Ah yes, so everybody's been laid except Carrie. Well, Maggie and Walt haven't had sex even though Maggie's practically mounting him at every opportunity. What's holding back Walt? He's just coming to terms with the fact he's gay. And besides, Maggie's two-timing him already anyway with a local cop (her father is the police chief).Remember, this is the prequel to Sex and the City -- it just hasn't morphed into the HBO version of adult sexcapades. But it's to be expected that The Carrie Diaries will be more forthright as it deals with these coming-of-age issues.Ironically, since Carrie is still a virgin, there's still something quite innocent about the series – at least that part of it. More popular girls are trying to tempt Sebastian away, but he's still hooked on Carrie and her curly hair. It's kind of quaint and far less cynical than Gossip Girl.But that might change. Because Carrie desperately wants to get out of Connecticut and we all know how hard she will fall for Manhattan. In this show, her father gets her an internship in Manhattan and when, on a shopping trip, she meets Larissa (Freema Agyeman), a stylist for Interview magazine (Carrie's favorite), the art and fashion world and people of the late night begin to have a real allure for Carrie. The connections to her later life are being made.Now, Carrie Diaries isn't perfect. Sharing a pedigree with Sex and the City makes for a tough comparison. But it's certainly a perfect CW show. Everybody looks young and pretty, etc. But at least in The Carrie Diaries, they're not vampires or comic book characters. They are real people with plausible emotions. And in the hands of Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl, The O.C.), Amy Harris (Gossip Girl), Bushnell and two other executive producers from the CW's Hart of Dixie, the storytelling has a chance to be handled maturely.It's just important to remember that – voiceovers and wild dresses aside – the prequel is still a couple of boroughs removed from the original.