A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 1999)

First of all, for those of you that for some reason deny this as a horror movie, you are fools. It is a drama, yes. However, a movie doesn't have to have beginning-to-end violence to be considered a horror movie.
Secondly, there is a lot of complaining about this movie being boring. Those are probably the same people that liked Armageddon, and there is no way that those people can possibly be pleased.
If you haven't seen this movie, go out and rent it right now. It is that good. It don't believe I have ever cared so much about the characters and story. (Spoiler ahead) When Carrie receives the award at the dance and is standing under the bucket of lamb's blood, I noticed that my heart was actually beating faster. I am sometimes disappointed with my distance from movies - I didn't think Blair Witch Project was scary - but I my heart was actually pounding, a personal first.
I thought the most powerful and telling scene is when Carrie gets locked in the closet for the first time, after telling her mother about her first period. When she was on her knees crying because she didn't understand her period and her cold, heartless mother stood over her denouncing her, I thought that was as great an instance of acting and character development as any other in movie history.
Stephen King should be credited for his wonderful story. I personally think that King is overrated as a writer, (The superior quality of a few of his works are nullified by the large body of crap that he pens) but he wins with this one, and Brian De Palma, well, what can you say? His visual style (reminiscent of Hitchock, yes, but is Hitchcock the only one that can ever use certain filming techniques?) is elegant and suspenseful, and I am sure that very few, if any, others could have made a movie this good. (Kubrick comes to mind.)
In short, do what you can to own this movie.