A bit of a confusing start...but stick with it, the pace and story picks up fast. Cusack does a wonderful job making Edgar Allen Poe both larger than life as well as human. Thrilling murder mystery set in the backdrop of a time when people actually took the time to write, read and contemplate life through poetry. Excellent acting all round and a great poetic feel to the story. Nice Ode to Edgar Allan Poe.

Boy, was this bad. Started off okay but just got worse and worse at went along, until even the actors seemed to be tired of it. Realllly predictable -- serial killer leaving clues, detective (poe, here) on his tail, always never manages to get him as the killer taunts him. One long chase scene, really, and sadly John Cusack doesn't do much for it. Do yourself a favor, save your money, and go see something -- anything -- else. I really wanted to like it. It was impossible to enjoy.

I thought this was a good movie. It is not a horror movie but a mystery. There is some gore. It kept the suspense and had a surprise ending.

I truly thought that this show started out slow but It got better towards the middle to the end of the move and I think John Cusack was pretty good acting and well done since it was poe's work and I think it was more like a Jack the Ripper Gothic type of movie . Well Done Jack!!!

There's something about this movie that I like, but I know in my head that it's mediocre. The mystery was the best part of the movie and Joan Cusack did the best acting. He supposedly was not how Edgar Allan Poe was in reality, but it was believable that he was really Poe. The screenplay was terrible, and with other not-so-great actors it didn't work very well. It has it's moments though. The end credits were incredible. So, really I know I should give it a SO-SO, but I'm giving it a GO since I did enjoy it.