The Craft (1996)
3/10
Disappointing script, dumb dialog, fun effects
7 March 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I pulled this up on Netflix last night because I couldn't sleep. Now I wish I'd just taken a sleeping pill... or 2... or 3.... It was not worth it.

It's a special effects movie for the 16-28 male crowd who want to watch pretty girls in Catholic School miniskirts get revenge on bullies and dicks.

Otherwise, it's a waste of time. The dialog was poorly written; I don't blame the actors who, for the most part, delivered their lines more or less competently, but when you have such awful material to work with, how real can you possibly be?

The morality play was predictable and shallow. There was the obligatory snobby racist blond chick ("I don't like Negroids") and the dumb and malicious jock who wants to get Sarah (Robin Tunney) in the sack. I didn't buy either of those characters (the jock looked and sounded about 24 to me, definitely not a teenager).

The vengeance on the crazy girl at the end was pathetic. Listen up, kiddies: evil, bad, crazy people deserve to be locked up like wild animals in gray concrete cells. Yeah, that'll show'em.

Don't waste your precious time on this one; there are many better movies out there. I will say, the special effects were good. But not good enough to carry this loser.
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