Review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) by Sammyh. — 10 Sep 2005

There are gonna be a lot of very disappointed horror fanatics out there, because this film is more of a court room drama with a metaphysical twist instead of a satanic slasher film. When I watched it in in a fully packed theater, I saw quite a few people just get up and leave right in the middle of it.

This is because the marketing of this film was very misleading. After all of the hype, I was under the impression that this was going to be a straight up horror movie, and with the word "exorcism" in the title, it just automatically conjures up images of that other "exorcist" film which was truly scary.

Yet instead what you get is a very well acted court room drama, with just a dab of demonic possession. Yet despite the lack of creepy visceral blood and guts moments, this is still a pretty good film.

This is because it is more of a thinking person's film, which invites the audience to come to their own conclusions about some of life's greatest mysteries. Does God exist? Is there a hereafter? Those who left the theater early tonight were uanable to recognize these inferences, or to impatient to care.

I found this movie very thought provoking, but I am also feeling mislead and cheated becuase it didn't give me of what I realy wanted, which is a film that is truly horrific. Unfortunately, the best horror images can be seen in the trailer of this film, but I found the intellectual aspect worth the price of my ticket.

It wasn't as good as "The Ring", but it was waaaaay better than "I Know What You Did Last Summer".