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Summary: Wonderful - one of my favorites!
Review: This film is a gorgeous one and one of the first including some Wiccan-Rites and a better (but modified) view on today's Paganism.
The film was under custodianship by Patt Devin, a High Priestess of the Covenant of the Goddess. She and Fairuza Balk (acting "Nancy Downs" in this film) are practising Witches of "The Craft" (Term used to refer to Wicca and Witchcraft) and were helping a lot on the set, told much of Wiccan Rituals and Gods and Goddesses. In the cutting scenes (watching the gorgeous EXTRAS) you'll find a scene, in which Robin Tunney is invocing a healing Goddess!
For Wiccans a very interesting film and for all those, who're interested in films including witchcraft, which is not shown as EVIL or something, which has to to with Satan.Blessed be
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Summary: Fairuza Balk deserves more credit!
Review: Fairuza Balk made this movie great. If it wasn't for her, i probably wouldn't have liked it nearly as much. She's an amazing actress. And she was definitly perfect for this role. There is something about that beauty of hers that is kinda of dark and creepy, but in a good way. She is the only "witch" out of the group that sort of makes it look real.
Overall the movie is good, definitly worth a watch!
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Summary: it rocks
Review: i love this movie. it's an interesting portrayal of witches. you just have to see it to believe it.
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Summary: LOVE this movie!
Review: I'm not giving a summary because hundreds have already. What I will say is that this movie is GREAT! It's just dark and fun in an intriguing, supernatural way. Fairuza Balk without a doubt made the movie...she is an under rated INCREDIBLE actress. She just has that piercing presence/beauty that just fit all to perfectly. Robin Tunney I could take or leave...she kind of gives me a weird vibe. But to be honest, the more I watch the movie the more she does grow on me. Neve was dam good...thought she gave an excellent performance and fit in the movie very well. Rachel True I could take or leave also, her character wasn't developed right...they could have done a much better job with her. But overall this is a movie I can watch OVER and OVER!
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Summary: Teen angst leads to magical mayhem
Review: It is only natural for teenagers to fantasize about all the things they would do if they only had the power, so this exploration of magical manifestations, centering on a group of social outcasts, and the consequences thereof should appeal to some degree to most people. Young people do some nasty things to one another, and the powerful urge to retaliate for such acts can be hard to resist, yet the consequences of such acts of return unkindness can bear a cost even higher than the suffering that preceded them - The Craft demonstrates this principle in rather exaggerated terms. I'm not saying there is really a moral teaching imbedded in the core of the film, though; the movie does not strike me as being anything more than just good entertainment. The plot seems to have a few potholes in the road, the acting varies in quality from time to time, and what the special effects lack in realism they make up for in sheer volume, but The Craft has a mysterious dark charm about it that makes it a worthwhile movie experience. The action revolves around a modern-day coven of young witches. Three high school outcasts practice witchcraft but struggle to attain the types of results they seek; they need a fourth member of the coven. That role is fulfilled by the new girl in town, Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney). Sarah seems to be a fairly normal high school student, yet we soon learn that she has a history of making things happen around her when she is upset and that this problem has led to one suicide attempt in the past. The three resident weird girls at school soon recognize Sarah's inherent magical abilities and bring her into their circle. The leader of the group is Nancy Downs (Fairuza Balk), a tough, rather unstable girl who exudes attitude from every pore in her body. She has a much deeper interest in the uses of magic than her "sisters" Rochelle (Rachel True) and Bonnie (Neve Campbell), and the fact that Sarah seems to have more in the way of magical potential than she does gnaws away at her over time. After first succeeding at a few parlor-trick types of magic, the girls put their powers to more serious use. Bonnie asks for the scars she was born with to be removed, Rochelle wants payback against a cruel, racist girl at school, and Sarah wants the creep of a guy she likes to fall in love with her. Nancy has larger ambitions, invoking the spirit of Manol and all his powers. Their spells begin to work, and then they keep on working a little too well, leading to some pretty significant internal troubles for the coven. I should note here that those of you who really, really hate critters might want to stay away from this movie, for huge numbers of snakes, rats, scorpions, maggots, and other equally disgusting creatures make an appearance here. I originally wanted to see this movie because Neve Campbell was in it, but her character and performance seem to lack something here. Only two characters really, really matter in The Craft: Nancy and Sarah. I love Fairuza Balk, and I can think of no young actress more suited to play the role of the slightly evil, megalomaniacal Nancy. She has no trouble whatsoever looking the part of a dangerous witch. I like Robin Tunney as well, but it just seems like she forgets how to act every so often. Somebody also seemed to forget to add a page here and there to the script because there are a couple of things mentioned that I knew nothing about, the actions of Bonnie and Rochelle in the final stages makes little sense to me in the context of what came before, and a few incidents and characters seem to have some importance attached to them yet come and go without any further mention. The Craft barely sticks its toes in the waters of horror a time or two without ever jumping in and immersing itself in the darkness, so I would not consider it a horror movie at all. Aside from all the creepy crawlers that show up, there's really nothing else along those lines to be found here. In a way, I think of this entertaining film as a very, very quirky after-school special type of motion picture.
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Summary: Wickedly Fun
Review: The Craft is just a fun movie to watch. Fairuza Balk is wonderful as usual, as the rest of the cast [Robin Tunney. Neve Campbell, Rachel True] It's not to be taken to seriously but if you want to be entertained and slightly spooked, this is a great pick.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: I would definitaly say this movies is a thumbs up you'll never want to take your eyes off the screen you'll want to see what happens next in the lives of these weird but interesting girls.
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Summary: a great pagan morality tale
Review: If you are trying to teach older pagan kids the consequences of negative magic this movie is excellent. A member of Los Angeles Covenant of the Goddess was their technical advisor and while she couldn't prevent every error she did what she could. All the basics are there plus its a pretty good story.
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Summary: Good movie
Review: I really loved this movie, despite all the critism it received from the real wiccans. It has a good plot and good characters, even some character development. This is meant to be a FUN movie, not realistic. In the movie the girls never mention Wicca, but only witchcraft/black magic. I can understand that it does not portray everything correctly, but is hollywood ever accurate? I am a Christian, and I have watched a few movies that are wrong. Take the exorcist for example, the main priest smokes and drinks. Priests are not permitted to do these things, atleast not in the Catholic church. I understand what the Wiccans are saying, but don't take it too personally. Well now that I've put in my two cents I just have to say that this movie is awesome. It sparked my interests in learning about Wicca and other religions, even though it is not exactly correct.
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Summary: A Realistic View Into Wicca
Review: As a practicing Wiccan, I had always been on the search for films that portray Wicca without having to resort to stupid marketing schemes or depict witchcraft as something outright fantastic and silly or stupid. "The Craft" manages to put the dart right at the center. With a great ensemble of Robbin Tunney, Fairuza Balk (what an excellent screen actor), Rachel True, and Neve Campbell, "The Craft" is a must-see for those who are intrigued by Wicca or for those who are already into Wicca. This is mainly a film about four high school girls who just didn't fit in, and we all know about that. And how many films have focused on those themes? But the magic (no pun intended) in this film is that they use magick as a means to make these misfits into powerful human beings with the gift of withcraft. The great thing about this film is it teaches us that Wicca is not something you dabble or experiment with. It is a sacred practice and it's not something to mess with, or you will end up with really bad karma. The DVD contains a very interesting "making of" featurette, which is called "Conjuring Up The Craft". The three deleted scenes are also quite interesting. I just wish they had an outtake reel for this.
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