A horror / courtroom drama for PG-13 Catholics.
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.
the movie Ending is ☠☠☠ mind blowing
I am sorry to say that I was quite bored. But this might be because of my distaste of the whole topic. But in general it was well made apart from the weird and predictable story itself.
Good enough acting with quite a few well knows actors and actresses.
"Work out your own salvation, with fear and tremble."
I remember seeing commercials of The Exorcism of Emily Rose on TV, and the marketing for it seemed like it would be as terrifying as the next The Exorcist. Images of faces melting with long black shadows oozing out the eyes and mouths were the kind of special effects we began to see in this post-The Ring era of PG-13 horror flicks, so I was a bit intrigued. It's one of those films you'd see the DVD lying in all your friend's living rooms that you visit whether or not they're into horror. It had been on my watchlist for years after its theatrical release, and it wasn't until around 2008 when I decided to finally watch it when looking for something spooky. It turned out pretty well; slow paced, not as terrifying as I had hoped it to be, but was worth a look. Now it's playing again on FLIX channel, so I'm letting it play while I write this up. Most of it is about court drama with some small simple spoops thrown in. I just remember the hospital scene the most, and feeling sorry about what Emily Rose had to suffer through; excellent acting on the actress who played her. The exorcism doesn't show up until somewhere 3/4 of the film. I read up a little bit on the actual story that the film was based on, and it took place in Germany in the late 70s, just after The Exorcist (1973) had released to the world, with a girl named Anneliese Michel in whose case suffered the same things Emily Rose did as portrayed in the film.
It's a slow, dark, and dreary one, so make sure you're ready for something this heavy before seeing it.
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.
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.
Some genuine shocks punctuate The Exorcism of Emily Rose, an unusually intelligent genre item that manages to mix full-bore horror with courtroom drama.
IVE JUST WASTED 2hrs OF MY LIFE ON THIS BULLSHIT :)
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!
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Falacies of the Useless
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WTF, blood of Jesus has power
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Grade: 7.8