The Exorcism of Emily Rose

    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
    2005

    Synopsis

    When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

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    Cast

    • Laura LinneyErin Bruner
    • Tom WilkinsonFather Moore
    • Campbell ScottEthan Thomas
    • Jennifer CarpenterEmily Rose
    • Kenneth WelshDr. Mueller
    • Mary Beth HurtJudge Brewster
    • Colm FeoreKarl Gunderson
    • Henry CzernyDr. Briggs
    • Shohreh AghdashlooDr. Adani
    • Duncan FraserDr. Cartwright

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Variety

      Some genuine shocks punctuate The Exorcism of Emily Rose, an unusually intelligent genre item that manages to mix full-bore horror with courtroom drama.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Somehow the movie really never takes off into the riveting fascination we expect in the opening scenes. Maybe it cannot; maybe it is too faithful to the issues it raises to exploit them.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      Part "Law & Order," part "The Omen," the movie doesn't trust the audience to follow serious theological and legal discussion without a spook hook.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      Take away the performances, and all that would be left is a cheapish B-grade motion picture.
    • 50

      The A.V. Club

      Part courtroom drama, part otherworldly shocker, the film basically restages the Scopes Monkey Trial and comes out once more against Mr. Darrow, and it's got the spine-twisting, tongues-speaking, devil-channeling hellion to prove it.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Derrickson's characters are reduced to ciphers in a theological debate. Long wedges of the film are simply a discussion about the relative merits of science and superstition. Carpenter, as the sick girl, puts in the best performance.
    • 50

      Chicago Tribune

      It's hard to get riled up one way or the other by a film about an exorcist who is forced, cruelly and relentlessly, to introduce one flashback after another.
    • 40

      Village Voice

      Derrickson's flick can sour your stomach with piety, which is a shame -- its moments of jolt wattage rate with many J-horrors.

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