A Murder of Crows

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A Murder of Crows

R

1998

1h 42m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) moves to Key West, Fla., where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe (Mark Pellegrino). After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, A Murder of Crows, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list -- and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 5, 2005

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 2/5

Jan 29, 2005

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Plodding and unoriginal

Rated: 2/5

Aug 21, 2003

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

A bit silly as a thriller.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Cheryl DeWolfe

Apollo Guide

A mediocre murder-mystery thriller.

Rated: 52/100

Jan 1, 2000

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Ned F

i didn't like this movie becuase it is not so good. but i will watch it all but then i regret. please don't .

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Juan M

This could have been an excellent movie, were it not for the discontinuities in the plot. Right off the bat, we never find out why Professor Corvus wanted to kill Lawson in the first place during Mardi Gras

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Audience Member

Wow this movie is all kinds of awful. It’s only redeeming quality is the story and plot are interesting and you are kind of forced to stay with it to see how it wraps up. Cuba and Tom Berenger are good actors but look downright silly in this neither one seems like they’ve ever acted before. And Eric Stoltz went for high camp. I assume this is all the Directors fault. Yep, just looked up Rowdy Hereington’s biography - definitely chose the wrong profession!!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Bahad j

The movie was a very exciting adventure from start to finish

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Jelisije J

This movie gets a 0% by critics......This is an entertaining well acted film that has a plot that makes sense which is more than I can say for half the movies the critics give 90% or more.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/24

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jwcdood

Watching A MURDER OF CROWS in 2023, it demonstrates itself to be an obviously hollow attempt at 1940s film noir with its screenplay/script, direction and acting coming off as a pretentious dress rehearsal with no functional chemistry whatsoever. After 40 minutes into it, I had to bail. The professional critics are entirely right about this one — 0% for sure.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/17/23

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Rowdy Herrington

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Tom Berenger

Clifford Dubose

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Lawson Russell

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Elizabeth Pope

Eric Stoltz

Thurman Parks III

Mark Pellegrino

Prof. Arthur Corvus

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Synopsis

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) moves to Key West, Fla., where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe (Mark Pellegrino). After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, A Murder of Crows, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list -- and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.

Director: Rowdy Herrington
Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Cuba Gooding Jr., Elie Samaha
Screenwriter: Rowdy Herrington
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Runtime: 1h 42m

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