Could NOT be more disappointing.

Rating: 3/10 (20 September 2001)

TERRIBLE! If I were Stephen King, I would be infuriated that filmmakers performed such BUTCHERY on my work. According to supplemental material on the Special Edition DVD, however, King apparently admires De Palma's and Cohen's version very much.
In my opinion, King's "Carrie" novel was brilliant and powerful. It actually WAS horrific and the level of emotion invoked by King was intense. The film adaptation does not come anywhere close to portraying the extremes to which the character's personalities and situations have gone. Granted, perhaps the novel's characters are not particularly dynamic or complex. But they are effective, fun, and enjoyable.
Some of the camerawork, sound and visual effects intended to be "suspenseful" are just plain hokey. Well...actually, most of the film is. John Travolta??? Give me a break.
How can this film have possibly earned Academy Awards? Especially considering the usual pretensions of the Academy. This film is entirely weak, in many regards.