The Crow: Critic Reviews

93%

MovieWeb: 8 reviews

83%

RottenTomatoes: 40 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

50

If The Crow is forgettable entertainment, it can stand as an eerie epitaph for an actor who looked like he was on the way to better things.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Caryn James New York Times (Top Critic)

75

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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

If he had to die so soon, this movie is the best and most appropriate sendoff Lee could have hoped for.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

A seamless, pulsating, dazzlingly visual revenge fantasy that stands as one of the most effective live-actioners ever derived from a comic strip.
Full Review » 5 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

The Crow allows no room for the viewer to take a breath, as it blazes with breakneck speed from scene to scene.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

90

Lee is sensational on all counts in a final performance that brims over with athleticism and ardor.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Adam Smith Empire Magazine

80

Style over content, sure, but what style...
Full Review » 2 years ago
Film4

[Features] a heartfelt romantic core and some handsome, acrobatic action sequences that do justice to Lee's undoubted martial mastery.
Full Review » 2 years ago
David Ansen Newsweek

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.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

40

Simply more of the same gritty superhero nonsense that appeals to depressed 15-year-old boys. And it's not done all that well, either.
Full Review » 5 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

88

A gorgeous black valentine that captures the essence of adolescent misery, coupled with a wildly romantic vision of the power of pure love to overcome all obstacles -- even the grave.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Time Out

Visually, it's a treat; characterisation is sharp, particularly the nicely defined villains; and the action scenes, though soft-pedalled, still pack a satisfying crunch.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

80

One of the most stunning, yet haunting, films ever made
Full Review » 7 years ago
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

100

Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)

60

A compelling exercise in style over substance.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum

60

Lee's death gives the film an eerie feel it never earns.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World

60

Full Review » 8 years ago