The Pope's Exorcist

Name: The Pope's Exorcist
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: April 14, 2023
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Alexandra Essoe, Bianca Bardoe, Cornell John, Daniel Zovatto, Franco Nero

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Screen Gems | Release Date: April 14, 2023 | R

Starring: Alexandra Essoe, Bianca Bardoe, Cornell John, Daniel Zovatto, Franco Nero, Laurel Marsden, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Russell Crowe, Ryan O'Grady, Santi Bayón

Summary: Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe), Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Director: Julius Avery

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Polygon Austen Goslin

Apr 21, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist doesn’t match the bone-deep terror or filmmaking heights of the original Exorcist, but sets itself apart by building the whole movie on an understanding that its whole premise is a little silly — and it’s never afraid to lean into that fact. Read full review

Chris Vognar

Apr 17, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist will certainly never go down as a classic of the genre, but it’s better than it has any reason to be. Sometimes, the devil you know gets the job done just fine. Read full review

Matt Donato

Apr 18, 2023

You can find horror movies a lot better than The Pope’s Exorcist, but in an increasingly stale exorcism subgenre, you can absolutely do worse as well – and Russel Crowe’s Italian accent is unintentionally hilarious. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Apr 11, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist still exerts a lurid B-movie pull, in part because Australian genre stylist Avery demonstrates some command of fire-and-brimstone theatrics, but mostly thanks to Russell Crowe: As the film’s version of Father Amorth by way of Damien Karras, the slumming Oscar champ props up proceedings with just the right balance of gruff, paternalistic credibility and wry, self-mocking irony. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Apr 14, 2023

Crowe — knowingly, I think — clowns around from start to finish. Even if the horror doesn’t have you screaming, his Italian accent will. Read full review

The Guardian Mike McCahill

Apr 11, 2023

Racing towards its splattery finale, it just about qualifies as lively schlock, and is likely your one chance to see Crowe in flowing robes piloting a Vespa to the strains of Faith No More. Read full review

Collider Emma Kiely

Apr 13, 2023

The film tries to pack in so much subplot and religious context that it leaves no time to build up a scare properly. The only people who would actually be scared by this movie are about five years too young to legally see it. Read full review

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Andystovall26

Apr 16, 2023

I loved it, I miss the whole biblical type genreeven though I'm not religious. I do however think it's hilarious some of these critics get mad about it being religious but if it was about any other religion no one would say a word...pathetic. If you like biblical type movies then go for it,I loved it, I miss the whole biblical type genreeven though I'm not religious. I do however think it's hilarious some of these critics get mad about it being religious but if it was about any other religion no one would say a word...pathetic. If you like biblical type movies then go for it, 10/10 seriously loved it.… Expand

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peraveen

May 19, 2023

A neat very good horror film!
Refreshing one in this genre..
Recommended!!!

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H0kv5

May 15, 2023

Some stories make you question reality but what's there to believe when even the facts are right in front of you, being skeptical about it only makes things worst, this journey of an exorcist makes a reasonable testament of how many battle people face on a daily just to wound up with theirSome stories make you question reality but what's there to believe when even the facts are right in front of you, being skeptical about it only makes things worst, this journey of an exorcist makes a reasonable testament of how many battle people face on a daily just to wound up with their unknown problems and where they came from. Honestly am supposed to make a practical opinion of my review but now i guess I'll just use this medium to express my appreciation towards the making of this movie to help accelerate the awareness of such being's that they actually exist but the faith in God is absolutely above all and we should not forget to confess your sins cause in the eyes of the Lord we all are naked as like the day you were born. Great movie by the way.… Expand

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royalguy07

Apr 15, 2023

Russell Crowe is a whole funny little vibe in this, Mainly due to the scooter shots. The tension is ok but the scares are pretty light.

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Mauro_Lanari

May 14, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
If Screen Gems purchased the rights to Gabriele Amorth's books in October 2020, Avery does not know what to do with it and finally provides an almost 60-year-old Crowe with permission for a disengaged role as a gascon, a braggart, a sly: the Bruce Willis of "Die Hard".(Mauro Lanari)
If Screen Gems purchased the rights to Gabriele Amorth's books in October 2020, Avery does not know what to do with it and finally provides an almost 60-year-old Crowe with permission for a disengaged role as a gascon, a braggart, a sly: the Bruce Willis of "Die Hard". Unexpected fun as much as guaranteed, just do not fixate with the idea that you are watching a horror film or a sequel to the progenitor signed by Friedkin [which anyway, when I saw it at the cinema with one of my brothers, made us laugh out loud: everyone has the fears he deserves]. Furthermore, the caricaturity that pervades the movie was perhaps the price to pay to touch on serious topics: the opening scene that should be set in Tropea in '87 while instead represents a pre-war Italy serves to justify a family with a pig, in turn necessary to stage the episode that recurs in the Synoptics (Mark 5:9-13; Luke 8:30-33; Matthew 8:28-32). The distance between the mysticism of pope Wojtyla and the theological rationality of Cardinal Ratzinger is history. The inability to reconcile demonology and soteriology, divine predeterminism and free will (was the Inquisition a diabolical or human work?) still afflicts Vatican doctrine. A real flaw I found? I know of no exorcism that does not begin by invoking the protection of the archangel Michael. After that one should have to interpret such phenomena from completely different points of view, but this is another "film".… Expand

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Joelitor

May 9, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una película pobre, con argumentos religiósos qué más que sabor a cristianismo da una sensación de ciencia ficción, ya no asustan este tipo de películas, parece que veo una película de los power rangers, es un estilo de cine qué ya no interesa, más allá de un argumento y una historia repetitiva con el mismo y predecible estilo de historia y un actor muy grande en un papel muy extraño, esto lo dejo al gusto de otras personas, personalmente creo que estas peliculas provocan risa y eso no es bueno para el "genero". Mucho actor para tan pobre película. Los efectos no son malos pero ya no asusta y eso es preocupante.… Expand

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Sebzg

Apr 21, 2023

No me gusto la pelicula, no me agradaron los actores. No me parecio nada interesante.

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