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Ravenous

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Critics' Reviews

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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Has all the ingredients for a cult film success but most definitely is not for everyone. It's stylish, sophisticated, venturesome--to say the least.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Though it definitely requires a strong stomach, Ravenous may be the best cannibal tragicomedy ever made.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Clever in the way it avoids most of the cliches of the vampire movie by using cannibalism, and most of the cliches of the cannibal movie by using vampirism. It serves both dishes with new sauces.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Unfortunately, much of the skill and craft evident during the first hour evaporate during the second, when mayhem and bloodshed supplant legitimate scares and intelligent writing.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
Ravenous loses resonance as it proceeds.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
A potentially strong cast makes its way in deadly earnest through material that's often better suited to a Monty Python skit.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Doug Brod
Oddball period tale of cannibalistic shenanigans.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
I'd like to recommend it, but it's too silly. On the plus side, it's ravishingly well directed by Antonia Bird.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
This movie is a howler as well -- possibly even intentionally -- but if it is a black comedy, the joke is overextended by far too many arms and legs. [19 March 1999, Life, p. 13E]Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Staff (Not credited)
You don't want to see this bilge. Director Milcho Manchevski, who was fired in midproduction, is the only one with cause to celebrate.Read Full Review »
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