The Raven
Seen it?2012 | 111 min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.3 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Big Sleep, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 51 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
22% on Rotten Tomatoes, 44 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$30 million worldwide on a $26 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 72K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by James McTeigue
- John CusackEdgar Allan Poe
- Luke EvansDetective Fields
- Alice EveEmily Hamilton
- Brendan GleesonColonel Hamilton
- Kevin McNallyMaddux
- Oliver Jackson-CohenJohn Cantrell
- Jimmy YuillCaptain Eldridge
- Pam FerrisMrs. Bradley
- Brendan CoyleReagan
- Sam HazeldineIvan