Storyline
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
Colm Feore, Aaron Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Innes, Jennifer Carpenter, Kenneth Welsh, Marilyn Norry, JR Bourne, Terence Kelly, Henry Czerny, Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Mary Beth Hurt, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Duncan Fraser, Mary Black, Julian Christopher, Katie Keating, Taylor Hill, Iris Graham, Andrew Wheeler, Joshua Close
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Reviews
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
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.
