Peter Bradshaw Guardian Oct 8, 2026 4/5

The Craft has got its own energy and confidence, as well as a kind of 90s fearlessness that went with not knowing, or perhaps not caring, about the sensitivities surrounding young people’s anxieties that are a more central part of today’s conversation.

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Sean Collier Box Office Prophets May 21, 2021 8/10

The Craft ... has a legacy that outweighs both its limited success and few flaws.

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Nick Levine NME (New Musical Express) May 10, 2021

Set to a banging alt-rock soundtrack, it follows four teenage outcasts who begin dabbling in the dark art of witchcraft, and soon find themselves out of their depth.

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Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Dec 30, 2020 2.5/5

Masquerades as a female empowerment film despite prioritizing the toxicity that can be rampant in groups of friends (female or otherwise).

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Oct 23, 2020 B-

I really enjoy the characters. Every single one of them is very unique and the film does an excellent job at fleshing out each girl.

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Justin Brown Medium Popcorn Aug 12, 2019 2/5

I've never subscribed to this genre of movie...I found a lot of this stuff to just not be palatable. But for its time, it's an okay movie.

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Brandon Collins Medium Popcorn Aug 12, 2019 2/5

The effects are obviously a bit rough around the edges, and the acting is very mixed.

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Jo Berry Movies4Kids Mar 31, 2019 3/5

Despite the fact that none of the actresses were anywhere near teen age while making the film, they're all pretty convincing as tortured teens expressing their pubescent angst through magic.

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Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Mar 31, 2019 B

I really like Fairuza Balk as an actress and I really enjoyed her here.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 21, 2019 2/4

The early going is interesting, amusing and even clever, but such cinematic niceties give way to a disappointing second hour.

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Jessica Guess Bust Magazine Jan 30, 2019

We watched Rochelle take her own power and take her own revenge. It is one of the many reasons why The Craft was ahead of its time.

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Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Jan 8, 2019 1.5/4

At an over-long 100 minutes, it's not likely to cast a spell over anyone.

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Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Dec 6, 2018

[It] will perhaps inspire a few rebel kids to search out a black-magic emporium or to make the sort of fashion statements that make Balk so amusingly spooky. All others should balk at taking in this suspenseless, hollow, kitchily crafted Carrie.

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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Dec 6, 2018 1.5/4

What can you say about a movie that seems to have been conceived like a trailer and written in exclamation points and gets stolen by the cinematographer?

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Michael Dwyer Irish Times Dec 6, 2018

It's rare enough in these days of studio megahype to be pleasantly surprised by a relatively unheralded movie, but such is the case with the second film from the director Andrew Davies

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Wally Hammond Time Out Dec 6, 2018 4/5

... deliciously dangerous excursions into adolescent self-discovery.

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People Staff People Magazine Dec 6, 2018

The Craft casts a relatively potent spell.

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Jason Caro Radio Times Dec 6, 2018 3/5

The glossy style and neat visual effects combine with a few genuinely creepy moments to make this above-average genre fare, though the full-on sorcery showdown belongs in another movie.

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Caroline Westbrook Empire Magazine Dec 6, 2018 3/5

Still, with suitable suspension of disbelief this makes for agreeable enough nonsense.

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Emma Forrest Independent (UK) Dec 6, 2018

The best teen flick since Clueless is The Craft.

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