The Exorcism of Emily Rose Critic Reviews

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

With a cast like this, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a superior performance vehicle and on that count alone is never less than riveting.Read the full review

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.Read the full review

Emily Rose is the thinking person's demon possession movie, which presents a chilling case history that's hard to explain away.Read the full review

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

Fashioning a hybrid of a courtroom drama and a horror film that is suspenseful and scary requires a clear vision and directorial finesse. Rose lacks both. But the performances are topnotch.Read the full review

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

Muddled tale of faith and reason.Read the full review

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.Read the full review