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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 25RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comAt a time when it seems so many of the best film directors are moving over to television because the feature filmmaking process can’t accommodate their artistic ambitions, this pompous, know-something-ish, navel-gazing, indulgent, pissy, priggish, albeit reasonably well-photographed, pile of sick got financed to completion. Because Among Ravens is, finally, a thoroughly noxious concoction.
- 20Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThere's simply nobody to care about in Among Ravens, even as a case study in unhappiness and delusion.
- 20The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAmong Ravens claws itself to death with sophomoric symbolism.
- 10Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamAmong Ravens wants to be the The Big Chill with Gen-X assholes, a weird ambition.
- 10The DissolveThe DissolveThe film compares the behavior of ravens and humans—their similar tendencies to be protective, flock, and mate with others—with an expectation that profundity and insight will come. When it doesn’t, the film’s emotions feel calculated, not earned.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeaturing unlikeable characters, preposterously contrived plotting, ham-fisted dialogue and strained attempts at poeticism, Among Ravens is a misfire on every level.
- 10VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangNicely shot, atrociously written, shoutingly acted and intrusively scored (to classical selections and the heavy synth accompaniment of Fall on Your Sword), this roundelay of misery drowns itself in cliche after cliche.