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Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "The Rite" (2011)Thanks to an engraving performance from Sir Anthony Hopkins as the real-life figure Father Lucas Trevant, fighting inner demonic forces in a dungeon like black-out space set design; yet another movie about exorcism comparing with William Friedkin directed "The Exorcist" (1973), "The Rite" directed by Mikael Hafström, after a fairly entertaining thriller "1408" (2007), manages to come through its 105 Minutes running time (excl. end crawler) without being a bore. In fact the picture has some striking cinematic shots captured by lighting cameraman Ben Davis, underdeveloped, yet story-elevating supporting characters, portrayed by actress Alice Braga and actor Ciarán Hinds, which unfortunately can not trigger the sidekick leading character of Michael Kovak, performed by actor Colin O'Donoghue given a unsatisfactory substitute in a real-life-character role, which want to match actors Anthony Hopkins & Ryan Gosling for second collaboration after the much more thrilling counter-performance-giving picture of "Fracture" (2007) directed by Gregory Hoblit.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Screen_Blitz Since the uncompromising success of the 1973 horror film 'The Exorcist', Hollywood has spawned many attempts to revitalize the concept of exorcisms and demons in the effective manner the aforementioned film achieved. The results are rarely successful, or even passable for that matter. This religious-based horror thriller offers a slightly less sobering portrayal of exorcism and casting the demon out of a supposed tortured soul. Director Mikael Hafstrom does so by reducing grotesque depictions of blood and gore, and horrifically graphic imagery that have become established tropes of the exorcism-horror subgenre. His efforts transpire to a slightly more realistic approach on the Catholic Church's practices of exorcism. But the question is does the film succeed in terms of scares? Sadly, it does not, nor does it amount to anything beyond a bland exorcism masquerade. This film follows Michael Kovak (played by Colin O'Donoghue), a twenty-something year old seminary student struggling with his faith who holds resentment for his mortican father(played by Rutger Hauer) who wants him to go into the family business. He is coaxed by his mentor Father Matthew (played by Toby Jones) to travel to Rome and take a course on exorcism taught by Father Xavier (played by Ciaran Hinds), hoping it could restore his faith. Seeing his crisis in faith, Xavier sends Michael to an unorthodox exorcism expert Father Lucas (played by Anthony Hopkins). As the two bond, Lucas prepares for what could be his most faith- defining exorcism of his life. From the first quarter of the film, it grows almost explicitly clear what director Hafstrom is trying to achieve, and there is some compelling evidence that his ideas have potential. Unfortunately, the direction in which he operates falls shallow of energy that could have made for a more compelling supernatural vehicle. The first hour moves at a sluggish pace, offering striking arguments on the existence of God as well as compelling debates on the presence of heaven and hell. This accounts to some somewhat intriguing commentary on Catholicism. But when it comes to building up the story, that is where things get increasing faulty. The story grows tedious and slaps viewers with jump scares of grotesque imagery that come far and few in between, before arriving at its formulaic climax. And it certainly does not help that the lead character in which the story revolves around in such a humdrum character while Anthony Hopkins's Father Lucas is the one exceedingly stealing the show. Colin O'Donoghue's performance is fine to say the least, but it does little justice for how uninteresting his character. Easily the striking star here is Anthony Hopkins who breaths immense atmosphere and grit to his role. Looking back at his talent in roles such as Hannibul Lector in the 'Hannibul' series', it is little wonder why Hopkins effectively suites the role. In the end, he at least becomes the saving grace of this otherwise forgettable exorcism fare. The Rite may wield the compelling theatrical talent of Anthony Hopkins, but it fails to deliver the scares and thrills to compete with the criminally shallow execution. Sure, they are plenty of intriguing concepts about Catholicism and the existence of God that serves for good food-for-thought for religious viewers aching to see this film. Above it all, it is sadly forgettable.

daniel-funk Well, there's movies that make you feel frightened, and there's movies that propagate some very fundamentalistic views of Christianity. This movie is of the second kind. I wonder what else but the money brought legendary actor Anthony Hopkins to star in such a predictive, superficial and stereotyped s***flick as this. Unbelievable. Just seen this on TV again and I was again surprised of how weak the dialogues - how ridiculous the whole script is in itself. In the end it is still portrayed (as usual, yawn) as if any of these things happened, and as if both of those priests have performed several exorcisms and still live happily ever after. Generally, no problem as long as a movie is well acted and scripted, but this is so stereotyped, so extensively based on religious faith in heaven and hell it makes me puke. On the other hand, movies such as the Exorcist Part II seemed so much more entertaining and still kept things more to the frightening part than this flick here - the Rite seems like some strange Hollywood styled film to make crazy and ancient practices socially acceptable and bring back some outdated "christian beliefs" regarding hell and heaven back to life in a very radical manner. Undeniably one of the most ridiculous movies on such topics I have ever watched.

ave-dragons Good film but the graffiti actually said , me that owns it now , and not, he belongs to me now ? The film was great , very well acted and was set in a stunning location , it was a bit slow in the beginning but when it finally got going we were in grossed in the film and Antony Hopkins was brilliant . we didn't actually go to the cinema to watch this film we rented it but I would have rather seen it in the cinema it would have looked better on the big screen . the acting by all was superb bay all the cast . good film well worth the rental fee and would like to own it to watch again .would I recommend this film , yes I would it is well worth a look ,if you are a bit jummpy this isn't that bad ,but there is a part that will make you jump ,but I will not spoil it .