The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005 • 2h 2m •

Crime Drama Horror Thriller

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 6.6/10

3,137 reviews

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When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

"One person's story of faith and possession."

Top Billed Cast

Laura Linney

Erin Bruner

Tom Wilkinson

Father Moore

Campbell Scott

Ethan Thomas

Jennifer Carpenter

Emily Rose

Kenneth Welsh

Dr. Mueller

Mary Beth Hurt

Judge Brewster

Colm Feore

Karl Gunderson

Henry Czerny

Dr. Briggs

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

S slayrrr666 Verified TMDB Critic

2017-03-12

During the trial for his events, a lawyer tries to help her client, a priest, seek the truth about what happened to the young woman who died under his care while performing an exorcism to cure her of a demonic possession and eventually lets the truth about it be known.

This wasn't anywhere as bad as it could've been. The film is really split into two halves here with this one being basically helped greatly by its really good possession and shock scenes. The opening scene that sets her up to becoming possessed is one of it's best sequences, as the long hallway and the unearthly voices floati...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2024-08-21

**_Scares the hell out of ya_**

This was based on the actual story of a German girl who died while being exorcised in the late 1970s. The priest was then put on trial for neglectful homicide. Google it for details.

Erin Bruner (Laura Linney) plays an agnostic who defends the priest (Tom Wilkinson) while the prosecutor (Campbell Scott) is a believer. This creates some problems: How can an unbeliever defend a believer who performs a service that apparently kills the young woman? How can a believer come against another believer who was simply trying to deliver the girl from spiritual malevo...