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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Law & Order meets the Exorcist, almost literally. I try to avoid listening to a bunch of peoples thoughts anymore on movies before I see them. Of course, unless your reading reviews, 95% of peoples thoughts are either "It sucked" or "It ruled" Yeah, thanks for the review, pal.
Anyways, I'd heard mostly negative opinions on this movie. Everyone said it was boring with too much build up & dialogue. That alone made me want to see it. I really liked the approach they took. They turned what could have been another demonic good vs. evil tale into a modern day struggle of belief vs. science.
There is element of the movie that I thought seriously brought it down (see spoiler section after the rating). Although it didn't ruin the movie, I think taking it out would have made the difference between a cult classic and a movie which will be forgotten within the next 5 years. 6/10
*MASSIVE SPOILERS*
The whole cloaked figure/3a.m. schtick almost ruined this movie for me. It took what was a powerful psychological drama/thriller about questioning old beliefs in a modern day and tumbled it down two to three notches. I'm a man who likes to think about things like that, and by throwing that in your face, I felt that the director has decided for you if the story was real or not. Otherwise, this movie would have recieved at least 7.5/10
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