The Exorcism Of Emily Rose [DVD] [2006]

With such a recent plethora of movies based on torture and gore to achieve their chills, it is refreshing to find a movie that retains some intelligence and still manages to get a few spine-chilling moments, with barely a speck of blood or guts to be seen.First and foremost, this is a court room drama. And yet there is an interesting twist, because the subject is one based on belief, not on facts.. and it makes for some interesting moral questions. The movie starts at the tail end of events as the priest is taken into custody. A young woman, Emily Rose, has died in his care following an exorcism. Was it neglect on his part keeping her from medical care for a psychotic epilepsy condition, or were his efforts justified and in fact medical intervention nullified the effects of the exorcism? We are led through the events in flashback throughout the course of the trial, sometimes to eery effect, as the priest refuses to cut a deal and insists on telling Emily's story to a jury.At the centre of the movie is the relationship between Laura Linney's jaded and agnostic defence counsel and her client the priest played by Tom Wilkinson. The two leads play with conviction, but Jennifer Carpenter's physically demanding role of Emily Rose should not be overlooked.Admirably, the tone is not one of full on shocks and scares - there is a neutrality which gives you space to make your own mind up, and yet allow you to see events as the Father Moore and Emily saw them. It's this intelligence towards the subject which sets this apart from most other recent horror movies and makes this worth watching.

I needn't recap the story in detail here; its basically a courtroom drama of Science Vs Faith in trying to determine the cause of death of a young girl. The priest on trial and the family of Emily Rose believe she was posessed by demons, while the prosecution maintains that Emily died of neglect, with regards to her pyschosis and epilepsy.The court case is very intriguing, and deals with the scientific explanations of "posession", while trying to set a precedent of proving that the supernatural is real. The horror aspect comes in flashbacks to the exorcism and posession; all very well done, superbly acted, and quite eerie. Also, the main players in the trial begin to experience supernatural events of their own, with sudden unexpected deaths in witnesses and strange co-incidences and 3AM hauntings.THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE is a top-notch horror thriller, a clever mix of the courtroom and supernatural drama genres.A few interesting featurettes, about the casting, story and visuals are also on the DVD [about 45 minutes], a directors commentary, and a deleted scene.

I think the way they made this film was very good. When I was about to watch it the first time, I thought 'oh no.. just another exorcism film'... But it ended up being really good and I couldn't take my eyes off it. This film is mostly done through the court view, and then will show a flash back of an incident that happened to Emily. The defence lawyer and the 'people's' lawyer then explain the incident from their point of view. the people's lawyer believes that the case is medical, whereas the defences lawyer believes it is demonic.Throughout the film you start to get more and more glued to the screen, and (with it being a true story) you really want to know the outcome.Other than that, I think the film was quite scary (although, I've seen scarier). That's why I've gave it 4 stars instead of 5, it is scary, but, again, it's not the scariest I've ever seen. But it is definitely worth the watch! absolutely glued

I've seen this film several times, great acting, story keeps you gripped. Such a sad story but told so well. Worth watching!

Purchased a prime film, admittedly by accident. I thought I was renting it. Watched it once, won’t bother again. Purchase went well though.

Played a bit like a 'B'-grade version of The Exorcist, but with added courtroom drama, which parts, in addition to being claustrophobic, were rather stilted, turgid and desperately cliched. Emily herself was played brilliantly, and Jennifer Carpenter's portrayal of demonic possession was truly chilling, but the rest of the cast, the script and the screenplay were so-so. I would give it three-and-a-half stars, but not four.

This is a fantastic movie tells the story of emily very well dont want to spoil it but if you have seen the excorist this take a different angle really strong cast jennifer carpenter as emily stole the film a worn out jennifer after that

Yes I have seen this before and I loved it as its a horror/thriller and a courtroom drama in one !!The story of how Emily became possessed is fascinating as its in bits of pieces told in the courtroom so the audience is left in the dark throughout the film . The x examination of the priest was great fun as there was so much passion by the DA (think played by Scott Campbell which is great for refining your arguing skills in life and bashing the Roman Catholic socialist church loon . Great acting from all involved , great atmosphere , story and buy this !!