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OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten |
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| "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." |
| Eye for Film |
| Anton Bitel |
A- | "Many will dismiss it as hokum dressed up by Hollywood, but isn't the debating the most fun aspect with films like this?" |
| FromTheBalcony |
| Bill Clark |
4/10 | "From what I can tell, Emily Rose died from a terminal case of bad screenwriting.
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| Bloody Disgusting |
| Brian Juergens |
D+ | "Rose is sadly more Exorcist II than Exorcist." |
| FilmJerk.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
C+ | "“The Exorcism Of Emily Rose” must inevitably be compared to “The Exorcist,” and pales drastically in the process." |
| ColeSmithey.com |
| Cole Smithey |
| "Emily's "story" is that no explanation is necessary or possible: she's chosen.
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| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
C- | "The first half plays like the best exorcism film yet produced… the second half plays like an elongated episode of “Law and Order.”" |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
2.5/4 | "...a mildly engaging drama." |
| Reel Film Reviews |
| David Nusair |
B | "Entertaining and sustained enough ideas to be taken in a somewhat serious light." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
4/4 | "One part enthralling courtroom drama and one part scary as hell horror tale, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is one of the very best films of the year." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
1.5/4 | "The film pits spirituality against secularism in a court of law, defending each side with such righteous, calculated equal-opportunity." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
3/5 | "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." |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
C | "It is, essentially, a flat courtroom movie that has been spiced up with a few scenes of demonic possession." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
C+ | "Admirably ambitious, but also undercooked and disorganized." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
C | "A curious melange of elements...ultimately the disparate parts war against the whole." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
3/5 | "A gripping supernatural thriller about the continuing clash in our society between the forces of reason and science and the forces of faith and religion." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
2.5/4 | "Aside from the occasional 'boo!' moment, the film lacks anything to stand nape hairs on end, and the trail -- which occupies a majority of the overlong 113 minute running length -- is unremarkable, despite some nice performances." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
2.5/4 | "... there is much to recommend about the film, particularly in the way it melds together the courtroom thriller and the horror film to form a new approach to questioning issues of faith." |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
4/10 | "Une prémisse intrigante qui, malheureusement, ne livre pas vraiment la marchandise." |
| Panorama |
| Jean-François Vandeuren |
'3/4' | "Psychologically and emotionally draining when it counts." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
7/10 | "Consider it an opening salvo now awaiting return fire from The Da Vinci Code." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
D | "Horror Film Screen Writing for Dummies, anyone?" |
| Old School Reviews |
| John A. Nesbit |
3/5 | "full review in Greek" |
| Movies for the Masses |
| Joseph Proimakis |
| "." |
| 3BlackChicks Review |
| Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel |
3.0/4.0 | "... (gives) new meaning to the phrase, 'The devil is in the details.'" |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
3/5 | "Some films fail because they only go half-way. This film would have been almost perfect if it would have just stopped there." |
| 7M Pictures |
| Kevin Carr |
C | "It's just another in the string of subpar exorcism movies which followed 1973's never-rivalled The Exorcist, gussied up with an A-list cast and dishonest marketing." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
2/5 | "The courtroom shenanigans drain the suspense from Emily's story and, frankly, they're not very convincing." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
6/10 | "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." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
| "I think a lot of viewers will be annoyed at how Emily Rose carefully treads the middle ground... But I like it..." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
3/4 | "It uses the horror genre to say something and, despite some elements that could have been stronger, it generally succeeds." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
C- | "Each element detracts from the others and the end result is both overheated and cheesy, narratively weak and theologically suspect." |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
C | "A pedantic supernatural hybrid of Inherit the Wind and Audrey Rose." |
| Lessons of Darkness |
| Nick Schager |
3/5 | "Um filme perigosamente irregular que, na maior parte do tempo, mantém seu público à distância - e o resultado é que, ao longo de sua duração, pouco pensamos e nada sentimos." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3/5 | "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." |
| Film Threat |
| Pete Vonder Haar |
3/5 | "Underneath the smooth cinematography and score, there's a gritty little indie trying to get out." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
2/5 | "A glum and undistinguished drama -- it's certainly nothing so crass as a horror movie, despite the spooky come-on of the marketing." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
C- | "...tries to be both a horror movie and a supernaturally charged courtroom drama. It does neither particularly well.
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| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
8/10 | "A scary movie made all the better by its inquisitive prodding of insanity, spirituality and freedom." |
| Monsters and Critics |
| Ron Wilkinson |
C+ | "... the film wants to have it both ways." |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Sean Axmaker |
B+ | "While scary in parts, Exorcism actually works as a taut legal thriller." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Sean O'Connell |
B | "I am a believer, but I confess I'm left with more doubts than certainties about Emily's case. This, perhaps, is what [the filmmakers] want to do: offer questions, not answers." |
| Decent Films Guide |
| Steven D. Greydanus |
6/10 | "More than an account of demonic possession, this psychological thriller is a courtroom drama, asking more questions than it answers." |
| Modamag.com |
| Susan Granger |
1.5/4 | "Damned if you do, B-List character actor if you don't." |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
| "Click here to see review" |
| Wolf Entertainment Guide |
| William Wolf |
3/4 | Read review |
| Big Picture Big Sound |
| Joe Lozito |
4/5 | Read review |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Peter Sobczynski |
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OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten |
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