The Craft
critic Reviews
, 57% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Craft's campy magic often overrides the feminist message at its story's core, but its appealing cast and postmodern perspective still cast a sporadic spell.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChris StuckmannChrisStuckmann.com
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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael WilmingtonChicago Tribune
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?
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWally HammondTime Out
... deliciously dangerous excursions into adolescent self-discovery.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCaroline WestbrookEmpire Magazine
Still, with suitable suspension of disbelief this makes for agreeable enough nonsense.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmma ForrestIndependent (UK)
The best teen flick since Clueless is The Craft.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAnne CohenRefinery29
The great strength of The Craft is that it doesn't pass judgment on why the girls are doing what they do... The film's message of female empowerment felt cathartic, but so did its rage.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSean CollierBox Office Prophets
The Craft ... has a legacy that outweighs both its limited success and few flaws.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick LevineNME (New Musical Express)
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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTrace ThurmanHorror Queers Podcast
Masquerades as a female empowerment film despite prioritizing the toxicity that can be rampant in groups of friends (female or otherwise).
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJustin BrownMedium Popcorn
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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