Excorcism of Emily Rose

Doing the review thing again. Sue me.

Before we get to the meat and bones of the review, I will do the break down.
The questions you want to know going into this film. I will assume you have seen the trailer at least. The Breakdown will let you, the reader, decide if this film is worth the 40 bucks or so it will cause you to first drive to a movie theater and then pay for a ticket.


Word I cant spell without spellchecker of Emily Rose

Stars: Laura Linney and a bunch of people that I dont know.

Rating: PG-13, Yes that sucks balls for a horror movie. Horror movies should never be PG-13 unless they want to get the bastard kid crowd. Expect lots of Bastard Kids in the movie with you, and since this a more of a thinking persons (see i didnt say thinking man's movie i am not sexist at all) movie, they will be bored half the time.

Trailer live up to the movie? Negative. This film is a COURTROOM DRAMA/HORROR FILM. It focuses on the trail of the priest that did the failed exorcism. Its not really about the excorsim. They do a good job though, they show what the defense says happened (the horror bits) and what the State thinks happened (that she was a crazy person that should have been in a hospital) Oh and the based on a true story bit? It was kinda but A) this was in Germany and she had this stuff from 16 to 20 something when she died. and B) She claimed she was possessed by Hitler amoung others which is weird cause Hitler wasnt a demon.

Are Laura Linneys breasts in it? No. The PG 13 rating prevents Laura Linney ( Love Actually, Life of David Gale) from showing off her puppies. The nation weeps. There are no breasts in this film whatsoever.

Rip off of Exocrist? NO. Actually this was its own film, different from the much scarer Exocist.

Is Tony Danza in it? No, there is not one scene in this film that has been graced by the wonder of character actor Tony Danza. He of having all his fictional characters also named Tony fame.

Scene in Trailer that is not in film. YES. Doctor why didnt you help her? Answer: Because there are no injections against the devil. WHY ISNT IT IN THERE? I dunno, bad line? But if you have seen the trailer you expect that line and are pulled right out of the film when it isnt in the film.

Lots of doors slamming and noices for no reason other than its a cheap scare? Yes.

Plot device that you see coming a mile away: Yes, doctor gets hit by a car. more on that later

The Review:

First off. I hate it when they use "based on a true story" and then change things around so much that it isnt a true story after all. Also: while i like when some things happen off screen or before the movie starts, having the majority of the action in this film happen in flashbacks was, i feel, a mistake.
Emily Rose dies. You know it as soon as the film starts. So now you have to worry about the Priest getting sent to jail for it?
Sorry, but a guilty or innocent verdict on a Priest isnt as big a deal as the death of a young girl. Hell Poe said that the death of a beautiful woman is the most tragic thing that you can tell a story about. But focusing not on that, but on the Priest was a mistake. Took the steam right out of the movie. This could have been a fairly shocking ending for a film. The Priest loosing. I dont know why the director thought that a court room drama horror film would work.
I mean fuck, i know that you cant have horror in a court room unless its your butt in the defense chair and i am just some hick fool from alabama.

But i forgive that. I even forgive the plot device. There was this doctor right, and he was there right, and he saw that there was nothing anyone could have done right? And even though he says something like "crazy people dont know they are crazy" which is kinda iffy but whatever, the lawyer hears this, that a medical doctor was present at the crime and doenst put him on the stand right away.

No.

She waits until he has time to be hit by a car in front of her and killed.
WHAT THE HELL?

Despite all this, and all these flaws. I think this flick is worth a rental. Not a go and see it at the multiplex.