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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
A priest becomes involved in executing exorcism on a young girl which later becomes a homicide case as the prosecuting lawyer decides that she has an illness called schizophrenia and should be medically treated.
11 May 1952, Tehran, Iran
19 June 1973, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
6 December 1974, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23 August 1971, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
September 09, 2005
As courtroom drama, The Exorcism of Emily Rose works effectively; as a scarefest, it misses the mark. But the performances stick with you, particularly that of Linney, who has an elegant steeliness.
September 12, 2005
Very scary stuff. And as a courtroom drama, very effective.
September 21, 2007
It avoids gratuitous gore and the shocks that provide the backbone of most horror films. ... [Derrickson's] more interested in the spiritual questions at hand.
September 09, 2005
The performances are topnotch.
July 30, 2007
A glum and undistinguished drama -- it's certainly nothing so crass as a horror movie, despite the spooky come-on of the marketing.
September 09, 2005
Emily Rose is the thinking person's demon possession movie.
July 04, 2007
Derrickson's film has been overtaken by bland characters, cheap shocks, kindergarten theology and a pace so plodding that viewers will be left wondering whether it is just Erin's watch that has mysteriously stopped.
September 09, 2005
This is a horror movie, for once, which really wants us to use our heads.
October 03, 2006
full review in Greek
August 25, 2010
"The film finds a way to justify its existence despite the inevitable comparisons to ["The Exorcist"], in whose shadow it will inevtiably stand..."
September 09, 2005
There's no green vomit and nobody's head ever rotates a full 360; we stay in the natural world and never enter a movie world, and that makes the movie a lot better.
