 On Metacritic, the film has a score of 25 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".According to CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.Alonso Duralde of "The Wrap" gave a negative review, writing "That terrible character design, combined with a painful lack of laughs and a crushing plethora of ghastly songs, makes "Strange Magic" perhaps the worst animated feature ever to come out of Disney."