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Edgar Allan Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders.
Thriller - While taking its title from the Edgar Allan Poe poem and featuring Poe
as its main character, it's not based on the poem nor a fact-based
film but a serial killer mystery thriller. John Cusack fans should
enjoy this big showcase. Violent content and occasional language make
this film inappropriate for kids.
Berardinelli, Internet CriticFull Review Above Average The Raven looks great and is well-paced, but a lack of a compelling resolution makes it an anemic effort.
Roger EbertFull Review Average ...but in "The Raven," it is all concoction, a device to link Edgar Allan Poe with modern serial-killer formulas and shovel in a great deal of special-effects violence.
USA TodayFull Review Above Average While much of the story feels hollow and the suspense loses momentum, The Raven is worth seeing if only for Cusack's boozy turn as the odd bird writer.
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Moviegoer Opinions:
TEENS:Half the teens rated this movie very high. The lowest was good. Teens seemed to enjoy this movie.
TWENTYSOMETHINGS:Most opinions were average and above.
ADULTS: The men rated it fairly high and above. It appears most men will enjoy this movie. More women enjoyed this movie but there were about a thrid that rated the good/average and below.
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century
Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the
crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local
newspaper, part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social
pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly
murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.
Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop
for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in stopping the
attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer's next
victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story
calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it's too
late.
