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''Season of the Witch'' received mostly negative reviews. On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 11%, based on 125 reviews, with an average rating of 3.80/10. The site's consensus reads, "Slow, cheap-looking, and dull, ''Season of the Witch'' fails even as unintentional comedy".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010694-season_of_the_witch/ | title=Season of the Witch Movie Reviews | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 28 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/season-of-the-witch-2011 | title=Season of the Witch | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=February 8, 2011 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="Fritz" /><ref name="McClintock">{{cite web | date=January 9, 2011 | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/true-grit-wins-weekend-box-69680 | title='True Grit' Dethrones 'Fockers' to Top Weekend Box Office With $15 Million | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref>
[[Associated Press]] film critic [[Christy Lemire]] called ''Season of the Witch'' "a supernatural action thriller that's never actually thrilling" and added that "the scenery is drab, the battles are interchangeable, and no one seems particularly interested in being here".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lemire |first=Christy |date=January 6, 2011 |title='Season of the Witch' Isn't Even Bad in a Fun Way |work=[[San Diego Union-Tribune|sandiegouniontribune.com]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-season-of-the-witch-isnt-even-bad-in-a-fun-way-2011jan06-story.html |access-date=2022-04-01}}</ref> According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', critics said that Cage was the primary reason that "this swords-and-sorcery romp is a
Andrew Barker of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said ''Season of the Witch'' was "both overblown and undercooked" and thought the film would have been more fun if it had a sense of humor. He called the film "too inert for midnight-movie schadenfreudists, and not nearly competent enough for even the most forgiving of fantasy fans". Of the film's production value, he said, "''Witch''{{'}}s photography, costumes and production design are of good quality; editing, scoring and visual effects are most decidedly not".<ref>{{cite journal | last=Barker | first=Andrew | url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944257/ | title=Season of the Witch | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=January 6, 2011 |url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110025125/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944257/ | archive-date=January 10, 2011 }}</ref> Tom Huddleston of ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out London]]'' wrote, "Despite its admirably straight face, ''Season of the Witch'' is a silly romp through [[Monty Python|Pythonesque]] medieval cliché and knockabout [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer horror]] with a dash of cut-price [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] chucked in to keep things moving". Huddleston criticized Cage's performance but praised Perlman's. The critic concluded, "{{'}}''Season of the Witch''{{'}} is not for everyone: it's creaky, predictable and frequently idiotic. But for a tipsy Saturday night, this should tick all the right boxes".<ref>{{cite journal | last=Huddleston | first=Tom | url=https://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/89385/season-of-the-witch.html | title=''Season of the Witch'' Review | journal=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out London]] | issue=2107 | date=January 6–12, 2011 }}</ref>
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