The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
45 %
Reviews Counted: 150 Fresh: 67 Rotten:83 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
Loosely based on a true story, The Exorcism of Emily Rose mixes compelling courtroom drama with generally gore-free scares in a ho-hum take on demonic cinema.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 9, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $75,072,454
Synopsis: Based on a true story, this film is both a riveting courtroom drama and a first class chiller. A Catholic Priest (Tom Wilkinson) is on trial for homicidal negligence after performing a failed exorcism on Emily Rose, devout college girl (Jennifer Carpenter) now dead from assorted wounds and... [More]
Genre: Horror
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore, Campbell Scott
Director: Scott Derrickson
Screenwriter: Scott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Beau Flynn, Tom Rosenberg, Tripp Vinson
Composer: Christopher Young
Screenwriter: Scott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Beau Flynn, Tom Rosenberg, Tripp Vinson
Composer: Christopher Young
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It avoids gratuitous gore and the shocks that provide the backbone of most horror films. [Derrickson's] more interested in the spiritual questions at hand.
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09/21/07
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08/16/07
A glum and undistinguished drama -- it's certainly nothing so crass as a horror movie, despite the spooky come-on of the marketing.
07/30/07
Derrickson's film has been overtaken by bland characters, cheap shocks, kindergarten theology and a pace so plodding that viewers will be left wondering whether it is just Erin's watch that has mysteriously stopped.
07/04/07
Now to each their own, but serious-minded Sunday preaching mixed in with the occult, is just not my cup of witch's brew.
05/09/07
The film's challenge to the viewer -- to doubt his or her own doubts about the supernatural -- is commendable.
09/22/06
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06/24/06
By modern standards the gore is minimal and most of the thrills come from production craftsmanship. It does not make this a classic, but it is a decent and even compelling horror film.
04/18/06
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12/06/05
It all gets rather silly when it turns out that the Devil isn't above knocking off the odd key witness or two ...
12/06/05
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12/06/05
Fortunately (or not, depending on how big a Law & Order fan you are), [the movie] dwells less on the possession itself than on the subsequent trial.
12/06/05
Esa película de terror dentro de la película ocupa la menor parte del metraje, lo cual es una lástima porque es la parte más interesante.
12/06/05
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