In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19-year-old college freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks, The Exorcism of Emily Rose chronicles the haunting trial of the priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl believed to be possessed. Inspired by true events, the film stars Laura Linney as the lawyer defending the priest (Tom Wilkinson) who performed the controversial exorcism.
The main problem with “Emily” is that the pieces of information needed to understand the story are hoarded and dispensed with all the care of a game of Pogs. The combination of supernatural thriller and courtroom drama is an unholy union to begin with, but it becomes downright ludicrous when the rules of neither genre are followed, ...Read More
