Crow never becomes a gripping character; he's too sternly abstract, too hectoring, too much of a visual effect in search of a personality.

People cope with grief in all kinds of ways. If you’re Cumberbatch’s character in his new Sundance movie, that includes manifesting a massive crow. (Yes, a crow.) Entertainment Critic ...

Benedict Cumberbatch’s second straight performance as a “sad ... Yet the monster’s representative nature is obvious and simplistic from its first appearance, and its eagerness to torment Dad plays out ...