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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 30 Jan 2011

Clumsy, ham-fisted, and often silly, but at least it asks the question: if in this world a girl can be possessed and tormented by a Biblical…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 30 Jan 2011

A misbegotten mess of haunted house cliches, Vatican mumbo jumbo, and Anthony Hopkins channeling Hannibal Lecter (for the umpteenth time) as…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 30 Jan 2011

What do you call an Exorcist-inspired film free of projectile pea soup and set in Rome? Not too bad, actually…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 30 Jan 2011

The Rite aims for authenticity but is nothing more than a cartoon…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 30 Jan 2011

A psychological thriller filled with pretentious, gruesome, cliche-riddled Satanic drivel…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 30 Jan 2011

This movie exists in theaters because Hopkins signed on. He does have 'The Rite,' but that doesn't mean we have to watch…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 28 Jan 2011

Handsomely shot in moody Italian and Hungarian locations, The Rite is a thoughtful, beautifully put-together film…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 28 Jan 2011

Concepts and theories are set loose, but without a dynamic script, they don't so much soar as hover dispiritedly…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 28 Jan 2011

Stylish, initially provocative, [but] suffers from increasing implausibility, oversimplifications, diminishing suspense and a bland, unengaging…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for CHUD (345) on 28 Jan 2011

The Rite doesn't just want to make you jump, it's looking to send you home unsettled. I don't think it succeeds, but the attempt is admirable…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Mania.com (396) on 28 Jan 2011

The pity of it is, it might have done better had it stuck to its initial instincts…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Jan 2011

For all its formulaic familiarity ... surprisingly effective…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for FEARnet (266) on 28 Jan 2011

Remedies the familiarity by challenging the very basis of the sub-genre: what happens if an exorcist doesn't believe in the devil…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 28 Jan 2011

The film need only surpass sub-basement expectations to be considered a success; it's a nice surprise to find that it's actually a solid movie,…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Jan 2011

[VIDEO] It's doubtful that even Roman Polanski could have made The Rite a good horror film, but he would have at least made it into a competent one…

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By Matthew Razak (302) for Flixist.com (210) on 28 Jan 2011

It's not necessarily boring, but when you come into a movie expecting crazy Anthony Hopkins and all you get is mildly eccentric Anthony Hopkins…

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By Thomas Leupp (166) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 28 Jan 2011

The devil is real, and he's an inveterate scenery-chewer…

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By Brian Juergens (209) for CampBlood.org (64) on 28 Jan 2011

What starts out as a promisingly deadpan supernatural drama quickly devolves into The Exorcism of Charlie Rose…

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By Kevin Mccarthy (392) for BDK Reviews (222) on 28 Jan 2011

The Rite is just another exorcism film that will be forgotten in a long line of films that have followed The Exorcist…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 28 Jan 2011

O'Donoghue is not nearly captivating enough to pull it off…

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