The Crow

critic Reviews

, 22% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Dreary and poorly paced, this reimagining of The Crow doesn't have enough personality or pulse to merit the resurrection.
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    Tim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    This does not really justify itself beyond being full of new actors.
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    Wenlei MaThe Nightly (AU)
    Lots of movies are “bad” but still interesting but earnest-to-a-fault The Crow is not that.
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    Jake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
    Whether anyone involved with this new Crow genuinely wanted to tell this story is something I’m unable to judge. But even if the film is a purely cynical cash-grab, idealised love and rage against authority aren’t the worst products to be selling.
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    Kyle LoganChicago Reader
    While it’s bloodsoaked and features passable attempts at cool action scenes, the heart of the film is always Eric and Shelly’s love. And despite all the things working against this unasked-for reboot of a beloved cult film, that love makes it work.
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    Matt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.com
    [I]t has a low-key confidence about its identity and methods, including an entire metaphysical system supporting the plot, that’s unexpectedly persuasive by the end.
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    A.A. DowdIGN Movies
    Despite some fruitful tweaks (like devoting more time to the doomed romance The Crow is avenging), it’s not different enough to compensate for the ways it fails to match the splashy, moody dumb fun of what came before it.
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    Douglas DavidsonElements of Madness
    ... nothing that’s going to have audiences passing the discs around when their parents go to sleep, fraught with lore and forbidden longing. If it can’t rain all the time, this film proves that sometimes a drought during a tsunami is worse.
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    Amanda the JediAmanda the Jedi (Youtube)
    A few genuinely fun action pieces drowned out by terrible chemistry and the grodiest couple you could imagine trying to convince us they're true love.
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    Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy
    Perfectly awful.
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    Allison RoseFlickDirect
    Skarsgård shines, but weaker cast and a flimsy plot make this version of The Crow fall short.
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