The Exorcism of Emily Rose
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl when the prosecuting attorney contends that the young woman suffered from schizophrenia and should have been medically diagnosed.
6 December 1974, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
8 April 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 August 1984, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
12 June 1922, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 February 1948, Wharfedale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
31 August 1981, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
26 October 1935, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
26 September 1948, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
7 November 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 May 1958, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
30 March 1942, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
5 August 1950, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
23 August 1971, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
19 September 1990, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
5 February 1964, New York City, New York, USA
19 July 1961, New York City, New York, USA
11 May 1952, Tehran, Iran
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
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.
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.
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 12, 2005
Very scary stuff. And as a courtroom drama, very effective.
September 09, 2005
The performances are topnotch.
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
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.
October 03, 2006
full review in Greek
September 09, 2005
This is a horror movie, for once, which really wants us to use our heads.
