The Crow
Miramax Films | Release Date: May 11, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The Crow imbues its comic brutalism with emotion and satire. Too raw and pulpy, it probably shouldn't be regarded as a memorial to Brandon Lee. But as an obsessive rock 'n' roll comic book movie shocker of loony intensity, it stands, or flies, by itself. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is a stunning work of visual style - the best version of a comic book universe I've seen - and Brandon Lee clearly demonstrates in it that he might have become an action star, had he lived. Read full review
88
Washington PostDesson Thomson
If he had to die so soon, this movie is the best and most appropriate sendoff Lee could have hoped for. Read full review
80
EmpireAdam Smith
Style over content, sure, but what style. Read full review
80
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A seamless, pulsating, dazzlingly visual revenge fantasy that stands as one of the most effective live-actioners ever derived from a comic strip. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
The Crow, the death-haunted, mega-violent, pulpy, vigorous final film of Brandon Lee, may not qualify as much of a monument to a lost life -- what film could? -- but it's a hell of a movie. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
If the arrival of The Crow - a visually dazzling and hyperkinetic action movie - is an occasion to mourn the loss of Lee, it is also ample reason to celebrate the protean gifts of its director, Alex Proyas. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The vision of director Alex Proyas lifts this film above its sad history. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
Lee gives this familiar figure of vengeance a soft, singular touch. Read full review
70
The New York TimesCaryn James
It is a dark, lurid revenge fantasy and not the breakthrough, star-making movie some people have claimed. But it is a genre film of a high order, stylish and smooth. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Brandon Lee's swan song is a kinetic, pounding, adrenalized feast for the senses, if not the psyche. Bursting with startling images, eclectic staging, and gorgeous neo-gothic set design. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
Lee has phenomenal presence, and his movements are so balletically powerful that his rampages seem like waking nightmares. Lee keeps you watching The Crow when you'd rather look away. Read full review
60
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
The bottom line is that The Crow is a somewhat-better-than-average exploitation flick that has received an extra shot of hype from the untimely and dramatic demise of its star performer. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Lee's performance is by far the best thing about The Crow. Unfortunately, he's just good enough to make you wish that the movie had had a whisper of storytelling invention to go along with its showy visual design. Read full review
50
NewsweekDavid Ansen
It succeeds in bringing O'Barr's comic-book vision to life, but there's little else going on behind the graphic razzle-dazzle and the moody, ominous soundtrack. Read full review
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