The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The basic concept and structure of “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” is sound — a murder trial for an exorcist, intercut with flashbacks letting the audience see the events first-hand — but they’re buried under a mess of a movie.

Strangely, this slapdash movie feels like the sort of original movie aired on Lifetime. If, you know, Lifetime aired stories about demonic possession.

In this case, the terrible dialogue, written by someone I can only assume has never actually spoken to an actual person before, almost totally distracts from the wooden acting. What sort of drugs were given to a cast that includes some fairly dependable actors to turn them into listless zombies, I can’t guess.

Absolutely skippable, especially if, like me, you think the premise and structure sound really intriguing. The reality of the final film just proves all the more frustrating, in that case.

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