- TV
- 06:00 AM, May 03
worth seeing if only for Cusack's boozy turn as the odd bird writerby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
what a ridiculous proposition "The Raven" isby Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
viewers can be easily distracted by logistical mysteriesReview rate : C by Steve Persall [Tampa Bay Times ]
the story has its moments, and yet there is something about this tale of a serial killer's patterning his crimes on Poe's most gruesome works that doesn't completely satisfyby Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]
the literate nature of much of the dialogue is undercut by the plot-by-numbers nature of the story arcby James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
the director who stitched "The Raven" together has no idea how to frame or compose a scene, let alone "grow" a film organicallyby Kathleen Murphy [MSN Movies ]
seems incapable of delivering an intelligent film, but Cusack's flat performance is simply painful to watchby Justin Strout [Orlando Weekly ]
provide an ideal jumping-off point for this macabre entertainmentby J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader ]
like a masterpiece compared to this incoherent hodgepodge from James McTeigueby Peter Keough [Boston Phoenix ]
lacks in narrative invention it makes up for by pushing the audience's face in blood, guts, and hacked fleshby Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
it's all very silly, prompting much unintended audience laughter when it isn't just plain boringby Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
does not settle on just one, preferring the usual moviemaking practice of multiplying effects until they pile up into a welter of breathless incident and preposterous expositionby A.O. Scott [New York Times ]