IGN.com|AskMen.com|Rotten Tomatoes|GameSpy|FilePlanet|TeamXbox|CheatsCodesGuides|GameStats|Direct2Drive

RottenTomatoes.com

Register | Log In | What is RT?
It's our 10th birthday, so you get presents!
Home Movies DVD Celebrities News Critics Photos & Trailers The Vine Forums
Box Office | Best Of | Certified Fresh | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
 
MOVIES / ON DVD / RAVENOUS
Ravenous

Rate This Movie

Write a Review
Share This Movie
Add to List
Buy Poster

Bookmark and Share

Ravenous (1999)

43%
50%
78%
N/A
N/A
N/A
43 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 15  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 5.8/10

How does the Tomatometer work?

The Tomatometer measures the percentage of positive reviews from Approved Tomatometer Critics for a certain movie.[-]

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Synopsis: A cowardly soldier (Pearce) is stationed at an isolated military outpost with a bunch of misfits in Sierra Nevada following the Mexican-American War in 1847. When a dazed survivor (Carlyle) of an unfortunate expedition shows up at the outpost, it isn't long before he reveals himself to be a... A cowardly soldier (Pearce) is stationed at an isolated military outpost with a bunch of misfits in Sierra Nevada following the Mexican-American War in 1847. When a dazed survivor (Carlyle) of an unfortunate expedition shows up at the outpost, it isn't long before he reveals himself to be a murderous madman with a taste for human flesh. An offbeat, blackly comic and extremely bloody effort from English director Bird (PRIEST). [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, Neal McDonough

Director: Antonia Bird
Composer: Michael Nyman, Damon Albarn
Screenwriter: Ted Griffin

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 9, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Antonia Bird - Director; Damon Albarn - Composer
  • 2. Robert Carlyle - Star
  • 3. Ted Griffin - Writer; Jeffrey Jones - Star
  • Deleted Scene with Commentary by Antonia Bird - Director
  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spot

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos - 1. Movie Stills
  • 2. Costume Design Stills
  • 3. Set Design Stills

Reviews

 
T-Meter Critics
 
 
Top Critics
 
 
RT Community
 
 
My Critics
 
 
My Friends
 
 
DVD
 
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
Arrange By: Name | Fresh | Rotten | Date | Source
 
 
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
03/05/02
Philip Kemp
Sight and Sound
Ratings Image
2/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
04/17/01
Almar Haflidason
BBC
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image
3/10

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic
Ratings Image
2/4

The plot begins brazenly, but the story becomes more conventional (though no less bloody) as it goes along.

Full Review | comment Comment
12/23/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Ratings Image
C

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
Ratings Image
7/10

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
10/18/04
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Ratings Image
3.5/4

A terrifically well-made gory horror movie with splashes of humor.

Full Review | comment Comment
06/23/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
Ratings Image
2.5/4

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
Ratings Image
???

...one of those rare, genuinely subversive (of Hollywood values) films, like Beyond the Valley of the Dolls or Eating Raoul

Full Review | comment Comment
12/08/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
06/05/02
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine
Ratings Image
1.5/4

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
03/22/02
Globe and Mail
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
05/11/01
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Ratings Image
short

The one movie of 1999 that looks and feels like nothing you've seen before.

Full Review | comment Comment
04/30/01
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
Ratings Image
2/4

If you take it with a truckload of salt you may just find something of merit.

Full Review | comment Comment
04/02/01
Andrew Howe
eFilmCritic.com
Ratings Image
2.5/4

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
02/27/01
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image
4/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
02/14/01
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
01/01/00
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
See More Topics...

Related Forums

most underrated film of all time?
by: jasper de large 10/27/07


Ravenous...
by: Colonel Ives 6/3/05

Around the Network

• Ravenous at Rotten Tomatoes
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | ModCenter | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2008, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.