The Exorcism of Emily Rose

the movie Ending is ☠☠☠ mind blowing

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

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WTF, blood of Jesus has power

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Grade: 7.8

It may well be marketed as a straight horror film, but this is much more than that. It pretty much ticks every plot point you would expect from a film about possession, yet this still stands out from the pack. Part of this is down to the structure of the film, with a self contained story that doesn't pander to the possibility of sequels or final twists and presents both supernatural and medical reasons for the titular character's condition. This conceit is very effective with the flashback sequences suitably creepy and then turned on their head moments later. It is to the film's strength that the audience is largely left to make up their own mind regarding Emily's condition (this being ostensibly a horror film, it can't quite commit to not favouring the supernatural). The central two leads of Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson lend some gravitas and credibility to the film, building on the themes of faith and belief within that are perhaps best summed up by a final courtroom speech from Linney. Jennifer Carpenter is also fantastic in a dual role which requires her to earn the audience's sympathy and fear. Well worth the time to seek this one out!

Jennifer Carpenter was amazing in this movie. it's worth a watch just for her performance.

I thought this was actually a really good movie for a exorcism movie. It was definitely scary for it’s time.

**Interesting take on possession and exorcism, definitely a slow burn.**

While I like the general idea, I did not like the fact that a big part of the movie plays inside a courtroom and I think a lot of potential was wasted: instead of wasting time with lawyers arguing, I would have preferred to learn more about Emily and here torment and I think it would have been crucial to point out her sacrifice, her own death, in much more drastic ways.

Whenever you think about this movie, you should think of it as ‘the one with the court case and false advertisement’, because that’s ultimately what it is. To prepare for this movie, I watched the main theatrical trailer for the film and there is one quick shot of the actual courtroom. The rest of the trailer shows a bunch of “scary moments” that you went to the movie to see. However, it’s not a scary movie, it’s a legal drama – and the film never tried to prepare you for that fact before the film came out – it prepared you for something else – so this is one of those cases where it’s a clear case of false advertisement, which automatically means disappointing.

A horror / courtroom drama for PG-13 Catholics.