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The Craft: Legacy

2020

Zoe Lister Jones

Cailee Spaeny, Michelle Monaghan, David Duchovny, Gideon Adlon ...

3.7

1,281

Horror. Fantasy A group of high school students form a coven of witches. A remake of the 1996 film, "The Craft".

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"[It] offers some interesting ideas but, with a brisk runtime, feels overstuffed (...) The four young women are all excellent but apart from Spaeny (...) none of them are allowed the time for any real story of their own (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Kristen Yoonsoo Kim The New York Times	"This rendition lacks fully developed characters (...) Ultimately, this film lacks a bewitching quality."	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"All this is quite enjoyable, and the women are appealing if under-developed (...) Aside from composer Heather Christian's cool techno theme on the end credits (...) 'Legacy' left me less than spellbound."	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] feels like a step back (...) The original 'Craft' may be a mess, but it does have a legacy, and this ain’t it."	NEG
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"Most horror films bury subtext in flashy pyrotechnics. 'The Craft: Legacy' is a welcome exception"	POS
United States	Kristy Puchko IGN	"I absolutely love the first half of this film. Lister-Jones recaptures the magic of the original (...) Sadly, this spirited and powerful path is abandoned"	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A clever modern sequel (...) The result is an entertaining and insightful mashup of tropes, both respectful of what came before and willing to try new tricks"	POS
United States	Mary Sollosi Entertainment Weekly	"By the end of 'Legacy', each of the witches has become less interesting and less distinct"	NEG
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"The drama of [its] revelations also produces a fair bit of whiplash, sitting awkwardly next to the charmingly low stakes of the first half."	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"There is plenty of welcome discourse in the film, adding a richness to the world of its characters (...) But in that careful inclusivity, Lister-Jones has forgotten to let her kids have any fun, to take true risk, to transgress"	NEU

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