The Raven has a 44 score on Metacritic and has received less than 125 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes .
On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a rating of 23 % , based on 128 reviews , with the site 's consensus reading , `` Thinly scripted , unevenly acted , and overall preposterous , The Raven disgraces the legacy of Edgar Allen Poe with a rote murder mystery that 's more silly than scary . ''