It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The exorcism of Emily Rose is categorized as a horror film but in my opinion, it is more of a courtroom drama, with bits of horror thrown in. Which isn't to say this film is not scary- some scenes are genuinely unsettling, and all the credit should go to Jennifer Carpentar who plays the possessed Emily Rose as good as any since Linda Blair. To its credit the acting is also quite good and with thespians such as Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson it better be. The pacing is good and the back and forth scenes between the exorcism and the court is swift and without any jagged effects. This is a good film to watch but beware- it isn't strictly horror.

If they exist, demons are (fallen) celestial beings, right? As such, I assume they are not stupid. Yet, instead of possessing people who really have the power to transform this world into hell, like presidents of nations, who can press buttons and start a nuclear war, demons love to possess simple religious fanatics nobodies. And what for? To make them contort, scream and shout some Latin words.This movie is boring as Heaven, because it uses a true story as a vehicle to make the case for the existence of the god of a book from the Iron Age, premised on the logical fallacy that if something is not impossible, then it is OK to believe that it is real.I have no idea why film directors think that screaming is scary. It is not. The "possessed" girl screamed so often and so long that she became hoarse and her screams got as annoying as her overacting.Avoid.

The bravery of not avoiding things so as to not escape the potential of mockery is the cowardice of avoiding nothing not so as to escape the impossibility of maturity Avoiding nothing is not avoidanceEscaping impossibility is accepting possibilityAccepting possibility is impossibilityImpossible maturity is immaturityCowardice is acceptance not so as to be immatureCowardice is acceptance so as to be matureCowardice is acceptance creating maturityAcceptance creating maturity is not creating maturityCowardice is creating immaturityBravery is not creating maturityBravery is to not be responsible for maturityBravery is to be responsible for immaturityImmaturity is the bravery of responsibilityMaturity is the bravery of no responsibilityNo responsibility is no concernNo concern is no elsewhereEvolution is the bravery of no elsewhereElsewhere is the cowardice of evolutionEvolution hurts itself by indulging in elsewhere

Not a horror film, but an excellent film.A debate between science and religion In my opinion, this film is one of the great ones. Of course that depends on your philosophy and beliefs. I am an agnostic, meaning I am not at all affiliated with any religions but I like to keep an open mind about the those phenomena that are still unexplained to humans.I am also a fan of science and well-read in psychiatry and clinical psychology. While definitely not a fan of any man-created religion, I do keep an open mind about what could be on the other side.As a horror film fan, I had been waiting to watch this film. I admire Shohreh Aghdashloo (although she was given a small role here) and didn't know Jennifer Carpenter at the time. I was at first disappointed because I was expecting typical horror entertainment. However I realized that although there are a few creepy scenes, these are mostly realities that many schizophrenics have to deal with often. Many of them live this in their crises when they hallucinate, become delusional, etc. It's such a patient who is the most scared, not those who observe her. The film shows us how scary it is for her.Now the question remains, whether this is a mental illness or has roots in "Evil", as defined by the Christian tradition. During the entire time the viewer is searching for this answer, and at the it remains open-ended, thus giving much credit to science and psychiatry (explaining that in this modern age there should be medical intervention) but at the same time leaving the door open for the paranormal.I admired Jennifer Carpenter after this film. She usually does not play the role of the typical Hollywood glam girl who are dime a dozen. This girl can act. If you have seen the Dexter series, you will know what I mean. All the actors are great. All in all, a very deep film and has you wondering after it has ended, if at all.