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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

Scott Derrickson

Jennifer Carpenter, Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Colm Feore ...

5.9

21,845

Horror. Mystery In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" chronicles the haunting trial of the priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl believed to be possessed. Inspired by true events, the film stars Laura Linney as the lawyer who takes on the task of defending the priest ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"An unusually intelligent genre item that manages to mix full-bore horror with courtroom drama. Anchored by a compelling performance from Laura Linney"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"While not especially good -- judged strictly on its cinematic merits, it ranges from O.K. to god-awful -- it is still a fascinating cultural document in the age of intelligent design."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Moderately acted, yet nowhere near ingenious or exciting enough to rival its obvious predecessor, Friedkin's 'The Exorcist' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Intriguing and perplexing (...) The screenplay is intelligent and open to occasional refreshing wit (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Laura Linney plays his lawyer, an agnostic. Campbell Scott plays the prosecutor, a man of faith. Oh, the irony. Oh, how good actors can trap themselves in drivel (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"[It] isn't much scarier than the average, but combined with intelligent and balanced courtroom drama it has more to offer than your usual big-lunged, big-breasted screamer (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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