Review of Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) by Pamela Troy for culturevulture.net — 20 Aug 2004

A great waste of time, talent and resources.

This review of Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) was written by Pamela Troy and published by culturevulture.net on 20 Aug 2004.

Exorcist: The Beginning has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Attila H (4) on 01 Sep 2012

FUCK THIS MOVIE. I was REAL excited to see a new Exorcist movie and the trailers made it look decent and I had really high hopes for it…

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FUCK THIS MOVIE. I was REAL excited to see a new Exorcist movie and the trailers made it look decent and I had really high hopes for it…

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To me, Exorcist: The Beginning is a stronger, scarier film that is not empty like Dominion kind of is. However, I still think this film sucks…

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By Francisco S (456) on 28 Jul 2014

Horrible movie, with a very bad graphics and with an weak cast. Bad screenplay and nausty images that don't fascinate anybody…

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By Claudette A (661) on 30 Jul 2014

The classic horror, paranormal film genre as the 'Exorcist' series. I found this one really gross and not scary at all…

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It doesn't deserve the title, and it seems rather out of place with it's adventurous tone, but I can't say it's not entertaining…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 06 Jun 2017

The gooseberry Harlin came up with will win no proselytizers, but it does have a pleasant matinee modesty, a cool sepia-period look, and an…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Oct 2014

The risible dialogue, the bulging eyeballs, the heaving bosoms, the digitally rendered hyenas and squirming maggots, the movie fails to achieve…

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By Lovro H (367) on 27 May 2016

Good solid horror movie, loads of jumps and scares and better than Dominion which was good but not really a horror…

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