| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melinda Ennis |
"Hell hath no fury like a woman possessed, or a moviegoer expecting more." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...intriguing and perplexing..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"It's hard to get riled up one way or the other by a film about an exorcist who is forced, cruelly and relentlessly, to introduce one flashback after another." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"By failing to mine deeper emotional and psychological territory, this exorcism flick never fully possesses its audience." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"Part Law & Order, part The Omen, the movie doesn't trust the audience to follow serious theological and legal discussion without a spook hook." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
"I'm giving it a marginal recommendation." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis |
"...belittles rational thought in favor of supernatural beliefs." more... |
D+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...for all the upmarket casting...this windy courtroom drama is punctuated by cheesy flashbacks." more... |
C |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"The tale is fairly simple, and curiously lacking in suspense." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Aside from the occasional 'boo!' moment, the film lacks anything to stand nape hairs on end..." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...drivel." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the thinking person's demon possession movie, which presents a chilling case history that's hard to explain away." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"Director Scott Derrickson loads the film with flashbacks tweaked with horror-movie hysteria..." more... |
C+ |
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