The Exorcism of Emily Rose

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 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 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 Full Review »

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

Muddled tale of faith and reason.Read 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 Full Review »

Derrickson's flick can sour your stomach with piety, which is a shame -- its moments of jolt wattage rate with many J-horrors.Read Full Review »

The acting in this movie is unusually bad--atrocious, even.Read Full Review »

The fun of these movies is that Linney often seems too refined for such greasy junk, but there she is anyway, hamming it down as it were.Read Full Review »