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The Blair Witch Project Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    81

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    At a time when digital techniques can show us almost anything, The Blair Witch Project is a reminder that what really scares us is the stuff we can't see.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune

    Many of us may have thought that with the world offering so much vivid horribleness every day, movies had lost the power to give us a good cathartic scare. It's a shock -- and a pleasure -- to discover we were wrong.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    A clever, entertaining stunt, no more, no less.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    As a horror picture, Blair Witch may not be much more than a cheeky game, a novelty with the cool, blurry look of an avant-garde artifact. But as a manifestation of multimedia synergy, it's pretty spooky.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

    The suspense becomes so unbearable that it's easy to overlook questions about whether anyone in such circumstances would continue filming.

  • 88

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    Caused a major stir with Sundance, and for good reason -- it was perhaps the most offbeat, energetic, and eye-opening motion picture to screen there.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    An intensely imaginative piece of conceptual filmmaking that also delivers the goods as a dread-drenched horror movie.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    A nifty example of how to make something out of nothing. Nothing but imagination, and a game plan so enterprising it should elevate its creators to pinup status at film schools everywhere.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 16+

This one could be too scary even for your teen.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that tolerance for scariness is highly individual, and, especially for teens and younger kids, highly suggestible. In concrete terms, there's nothing really scary in this movie, and parents who don't object to profanity should not have a problem with allowing a kid who really wants to see it to give it a try. They should make sure that those who do see it know -- promotional tricks to the contrary -- that it is entirely manufactured and fictional.

  • Families can talk about the filmmaking techniques of this movie. Did it feel real to you, and do you think other stories would work in this filmmaking technique?

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Not an issue

What to watch for
  • violence false4

    Violence: Extremely tense and scary.

  • sex false0

    Sex: Not an issue

  • language false5

    Language: Constant.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some social drinking and smoking.

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