Editing The Craft (film) (section)

===Critical reception===
The film received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=2020-10-06 |title=The Craft sequel includes an "important" story about a young trans witch |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/culture/the-craft-sequel-includes-an-important-story-about-a-young-trans-witch/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 57% of 60 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's consensus reads: "''The Craft''{{'}}s campy magic often overrides the feminist message at the film's core, but its appealing cast and postmodern perspective still cast a sporadic spell".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/craft/ |title=The Craft (1996)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109160122/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/craft|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Emanuel Levy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described it as "a neatly crafted film that begins most promisingly as a black comedy a la ''[[Heathers]]'', but gradually succumbs to its tricky machinery of special effects".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-craft-2-1200445935/|title=Review: ''The Craft''|last=Levy|first=Emanuel|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 1, 1996|access-date=October 19, 2016|archive-date=September 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927001155/http://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-craft-2-1200445935/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] also felt the film was mired in excessive special effects, but praised the performances of the four leads,<ref>{{cite news | date=May 3, 1996 | first=Roger |last=Ebert | author-link=Roger Ebert | url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/the-craft-1996 | title=The Craft Movie Review | newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | access-date=June 30, 2017 | archive-date=June 14, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614200130/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-craft-1996 | url-status=live }}</ref> as did [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/High-School-Is-Really-Hell-Co-eds-cast-spell-in-2983758.php | title=High School is Really Hell/Co-eds cast spell in ''The Craft'' | first=Mick |last=LaSalle | author-link=Mick LaSalle| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=May 3, 1996 | access-date=June 30, 2017 | archive-date=September 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927000052/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/High-School-Is-Really-Hell-Co-eds-cast-spell-in-2983758.php | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Stephen Holden]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' echoed other reviews, praising the first half of the film as a "celebration of adolescent nonconformity and female independence", but criticized the last half as a "heavy-handed sermon about karma" with "garish" special effects.<ref>{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Holden |date=May 3, 1996|title=FILM REVIEW; Mean Teen-Age Witches |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/03/movies/film-review-mean-teen-age-witches.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040908/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/03/movies/film-review-mean-teen-age-witches.html|archive-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Rita Kempley of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it "a brew of [[Nathaniel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]], ''Heathers'' and Hollywood hocus-pocus" that was nonetheless a "bubbling mess of a movie" that "leaves us more bothered than bewitched".<ref>{{cite news |author=Kempley |first=Rita |title='The Craft' (R) |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/craft.htm |url-status=live |access-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/craft.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

The film was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]] for Best Horror Film and Fairuza Balk for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Horror Goes Hollywood: A Call for Saturn Reform |url= http://www.communistvampires.com/horror/Saturn%20Award.html |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=www.communistvampires.com}}</ref> Balk and Tunney also won the [[MTV Movie Award]] for Best Fight.<ref name="complex-craft-20">{{cite news | url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/05/the-craft-20-anniversary | title=How the Cult Horror Classic ''The Craft'' Nailed These 4 Iconic Scenes | first=Kristen Yoonsoo |last=Kim | work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |date=May 3, 2016 | access-date=June 30, 2017 | archive-date=September 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927003440/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/05/the-craft-20-anniversary | url-status=live }}</ref>