Review of The Craft: Legacy (2020) by Gamed2Long — 13 Oct 2021

So I watched The Craft Legacy on an airplane. And if I was going to advise someone else to watch this movie (which I won't. See rating) I'd say that is the only way to see it. Trapped. With nowhere to go.

And having hit the bottom of the viewing que. I had the chance to re-watch the original a few years back. The original was very much a product of its time. Nothing monumental. An amusing flick. And parts of it hold up well.

It has character growth and a compelling narrative. This film does not. I'm pretty sure this is the most woke film I've ever seen. Girls fawning because they guy they brainwashed into being nice said he was "cis-gendered" at one point.

While the rest of her "coven" are all supposed to be unique and different, really they can all be treated as one character. Its ironic 3 characters who could not be trying harder to be different all being functionally identical so far as the plot is concerned.

OK. Positive things. The coven "clique" was believable as friendship. David Duchovny didn't have much to do, but he did it well. And the Melissa Monaghan/lead mother daughter dynamic was nice to see.

It was quirky and wholesome. Not dysfunctional. So of course it promptly vanished when plot had to happen. There is the potential for interesting ideas that went unrealized in this film. Largely for the sake of a LGBTQ+ woke fever dream about how people act and behave.

My only issue with that is, when everyone is on the same page from the get go (except the villain who is over the top cartoon patriarchy) it saps any tension and sense of plot progression. Can't grow or learn when you're already what the author considers the ideal.

Well now we know. I hope all involved move on to better projects.