I was really looking forward to this one, as I've always like John Cusack's work, and I'm also very fond of anything 19th century, dark, and gothic. Poe encapsulates that perfectly. I truly wish I could rate this higher, but the script was just plain weak. The crossing-genre mashup thing isn't an issue to me; I loved the Robert Downey Jr./Sherlock films, and I'm waiting on Abe Lincoln/Dracula Killer (lol). Cusack does a lot of irritating bellowing as Poe, and his buddy/buddy arrangement with the detective felt phony. The antagonist's identity was somewhat anticlimactic, too. A real shame. I'm glad I saw it, but it had potential for more. I think 3½ stars is being generous -- a pity endorsement.

Good plot!! Not bad at all!! .. entertaining..kind of predictable!!

I recall liking Cusack's acting but the story couldn't hold my attention. My dad finished watching it while I sat with him working on something else. It was towards the end of the film I started to pay attention and suddenly thought "Wouldn't it be funny if that was the killer?" Within the next two minutes, that question was answered. And yes, it was funny because I didn't waste my time 1-2 hours "who could it be" because the answer was so glaringly obvious at the end. You'd figure that with all the crap that went on that they would've come up with something more original. Nope, let's just make a cliche out of it.

i usually like john cusak films (when he does not get his awful sister a part in them), but i was a little disappointed with this. good story but went on too long & because terribly BORING

The final days of Edgar Allan Poe remain a mystery. The storyline in The Raven tries to fill in the blanks of those final days with a fictional murder mystery. The killer recreates the murders in Poe stories and leaves clues about the next murder. It is up to Poe and a Baltimore police detective to catch the elusive killer.

This movie was entertaining and interesting but not one of my favorite for this year. Not too bad---good performance. I fast forwarded a lot but not all the way.

Fair – The Raven (2012) 110 min. Starring John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans. The film is a shallow murder mystery in which Edgar Allan Poe is the focal point for all the murders. The film never really finds its place and was difficult to get through and enjoy. I had a difficult time seeing John Cusack as the legendary writer of the macabre.

It was ok - not wonderful, not bad. I'm a historian of sorts and I wince anytime these kinds of movies are made so went in expecting the worst. In the back of my head I'm always thinking "somewhere out there will now be a group of people who think this is really the way it was." But this movie does a good job in giving Poe life without bending in a flamboyantly incorrect way.

Cusack is ok, the Lt. Fields sounds like Eastwood doing dirty harry? This is almost the lines of jack the ripper meets edgar poe?The beatles made fun of him so did bugs bunny.

Fairly entertaining.