The Rite
2011 Directed by Mikael Håfström
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You can only defeat it when you believe.
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
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Anthony Hopkins goes around smacking up children, producing frogs from unorthodox places and even takes the opportunity to go full Welsh. Redonkulous.
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I didn't get more than 15 minutes into the film, before the main protagonist started to annoy me limitlessly. Awful acting! Later the lack of story and general plot development drove me up the wall. But it wasn't until I realised that Anthony Hopkin was nothing but a slightly worse version of Hannibal Lecter, that I really started to hate my life. The world is just full of bad horror films.
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“Be careful Michael, choosing not to believe in the devil doesn't protect you from him.”
-Father Lucas Trevant (Anthony Hopkins)I don’t really like films like this, those which I neither hated nor particularly liked. I find myself at a loss of what to write on The Rite. It’s certainly not bad, it’s well made, acted and directed. But it just doesn’t work. I can’t really place my finger on it; perhaps it was weak storytelling, or a distinct lack of real interest. Either way, something about it just doesn’t quite fly.
Despite a surprisingly good line-up in the cast, they’re not enough to elevate this film above a very average level. Besides Colin O’Donoghue, whom is a very weak…
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"Did The cheque clear? Good. You get one take and I won't wear any FX make up. This conversation counts as a take."
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Mjae
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Extremely boring and weak plot with a good twist.
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Mostly devilish nonsense that has nothing new to say.
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"Did The cheque clear? Good. You get one take and I won't wear any FX make up. This conversation counts as a take."
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It's terrifying enough, Hopkins is creepy enough and O'Donoughy makes a surprisingly good lead. All in all, a fine horror film.
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Ugh. Where to begin? As a devout horror fan, I did want to see this film, despite the terrible reviews it received. And as someone who's not religious, I realized this film had to hit the right notes for me to be fully invested in the film and not think it's a giant crock of shit (I generally don't care if a movie's religious; it just has to be good). Throughout the first 30 minutes or so, I was actually invested and enjoyed the film. However, right around the time a possessed woman starts coughing up the nails from the crucifixion, The Rite became what I expected: a giant crock of shit. And it didn't get better after that, trust me. Doesn't Anthony Hopkins have better projects to pick from?
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I learned that exorcist schools exist, which is pretty cool.
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So long. So very, very long. And there's no payoff.
The pregnant-girl storyline is interesting, but it doesn't take up much of the movie. The protagonist is annoying.
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Just a cookie-cutter movie type movie for this genre.
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a cool exorcism movie. not the best but it's a great one.
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i'm pretty sure there was a part with like a lot of cats and that was ok. is it just me or does every exorcism movie seem like just a different version of the Exorcist?