Review of The Exorcist (1973) by Vincent Canby for The New York Times — 16 Dec 1978
The care that Mr. Friedkin and Mr. Blatty have taken with the physical production, and with the rhythm of the narrative, which achieves a certain momentum through a lot of fancy, splintery crosscutting, is obviously intended to persuade us to suspend belief.
But to what end? To marvel at the extent to which audiences will go to escape boredom by shock and insult.
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This review of The Exorcist (1973) was written by Vincent Canby and published by The New York Times on 16 Dec 1978.
The Exorcist has generally received very positive reviews.
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