The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
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When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
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... Victor Fielding
... Angela Fielding
... Katherine West
... Nurse Ann Brooks
... Miranda West
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Well, they made The Exorcist woke... and oddly Anti-Catholic... and it flopped.
Seriously, The Pope's Exorcist was better and EVERYONE knew that was going to flop. I'm going to tell you right now that you should go back and watch the prequel movies because they were better... BOTH of them.
You have two little girls, a strong anti-Catholic message, a strong anti-patriarchy message, you know... the usual Hollywood meh messaging (except the Anti-Catholic part, that is a dead horse that hasn't been beaten nearly as much) and, most importantly, the same sequel/reboot/franchise killer that seems to go out of it's way to insult all the fans of the original film...
... and everyone that helped make it. Which, honestly, is also a dead horse that's been beaten too much these days. In fact, insulting the original is sort of a trope these days.
People that actually like Terminator: Dark Fate are going to rave about this one... but everyone else is going to roll their eyes because at the end of the day, it has the exact same boring message as everything else.
And like everything else with that message, everything else from bookend to bookend takes a backseat to it. Bad dialogue peppered with political lectures. Bad acting (but let's be honest, they had nothing to work with) and in the end even the demon lacked the sardonic and vulgar wit of the first one.
But, hey, if you liked Dark Fate and thought The Rise of Skywalker was better than Empire, this movie is for you.
But everyone else has seen it before and is tired of it.
Director:
Writer:
Danny McBride (Story)
William Peter Blatty (Characters)
David Gordon Green (Screenplay)
David Gordon Green (Story)
Scott Teems (Story)
Peter Sattler (Screenplay)
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Release Date:
2023-10-04
Run Time:
111 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
The Exorcist: Believer
Well, they made The Exorcist woke... and oddly Anti-Catholic... and it flopped.
Seriously, The Pope's Exorcist was better and EVERYONE knew that was going to flop. I'm going to tell you right now that you should go back and watch the prequel movies because they were better... BOTH of them.
You have two little girls, a strong anti-Catholic message, a strong anti-patriarchy message, you know... the usual Hollywood meh messaging (except the Anti-Catholic part, that is a dead horse that hasn't been beaten nearly as much) and, most importantly, the same sequel/reboot/franchise killer that seems to go out of it's way to insult all the fans of the original film...
... and everyone that helped make it. Which, honestly, is also a dead horse that's been beaten too much these days. In fact, insulting the original is sort of a trope these days.
People that actually like Terminator: Dark Fate are going to rave about this one... but everyone else is going to roll their eyes because at the end of the day, it has the exact same boring message as everything else.
And like everything else with that message, everything else from bookend to bookend takes a backseat to it. Bad dialogue peppered with political lectures. Bad acting (but let's be honest, they had nothing to work with) and in the end even the demon lacked the sardonic and vulgar wit of the first one.
But, hey, if you liked Dark Fate and thought The Rise of Skywalker was better than Empire, this movie is for you.
But everyone else has seen it before and is tired of it.
"Angela" (Lidya Jewett) and her school mate "Katherine" (Olivia O'Neill) go for a walk in the woods one day. They don't come home - and panic amongst the parents ensues. Luckily, the girls turn up in a cow-barn a few miles away but have no recollection of just what they had been doing for the three days they had been missing. Anyway, dad "Victor" (Leslie Odom Jr.) soon starts to notice some odd behaviour from his previously reasonable daughter and before we know it, she - and her friend - are showing worrying signs of a possession that resonates all too readily with events some fifty years earlier and that finds him seeking the help of "Chris MacNeil" (Ellen Burstyn) before the girls are Satanic toast. It's ten minutes shy of two hours long this, and that's about ninety minutes too long. The vast majority of this film is taken up by pointless preamble, family establishment scenarios and unfortunately the acting and writing are really lacklustre too. Burstyn only makes sparing appearances and Odom Jr. ought to just stick to singing. The last ten minutes is slightly better than standard Blumhouse fayre that concludes this completely unnecessary sequel with, admittedly, a couple of not so predicable twists, but still - with very little to make the preceding drudge worth watching. This is a poor relation to the original and should have gone straight to a streamer.
Cast & Crew of
The Exorcist: Believer
Cast
... Victor Fielding
... Angela Fielding
... Katherine West
... Nurse Ann Brooks
... Miranda West
... Tony West
... Dr. Beehibe
... Pastor Don Revans
... Father Maddox
... Chris MacNeil
... Regan MacNeil
... Stuart
... Sorenne Fielding
... Detective Konik
... Father Phillips
... Hannah
... Joda Maxwell
... Daniel
... Dr. Carr
... News Reporter
... Catholic Choir Member
... Principal
... Neighbor
... Portrait Dad
... Patient
... Catholic Choir Member
... Nurse
... Deshanah
... Orderly
... Tyler
... Nurse
... Portrait Son
... Paramedic
... Doctor
... The Demon Lamashtu
Crew
... Casting
... Set Decoration
... Producer
... Makeup Effects
... Director of Photography
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Story
... Characters
... Makeup Effects
... Screenplay
... Director
... Executive Producer
... Story
... Editor
... Producer
... Story
... Stunt Coordinator
... Music
... Musician
... Costume Design
... Stunt Coordinator
... Additional Second Assistant Director
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Associate Producer
... Second Unit Director
... Second Assistant Director
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Production Design
... Screenplay
... Set Decoration
... Visual Effects Producer
... Post Producer
... Stunt Driver
... Property Master
... Digital Imaging Technician
... Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Drone Operator
... Foley Artist
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Executive Producer
... Production Sound Mixer
... Production Manager
... Casting
... Foley Supervisor
... Dialogue Editor
... Stunts
... Storyboard Artist
... Property Master
... Assistant Property Master
... Visual Effects Editor
... Digital Compositor
... Sound Mixer
... Additional Photography
... Stunt Driver
... Concept Artist
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Production Supervisor
... Music
... Musician
... Casting
... Set Costumer
... Construction Buyer
... Makeup Department Head
... Set Costumer
... Stunt Double
... Second Unit Director of Photography
... Casting
... Second Assistant Director
... Special Effects Technician
... Boom Operator
... Second Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Assistant Art Director
... Executive Producer
... Unit Production Manager
... Aerial Camera
... Special Effects Coordinator
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Technician
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Co-Producer
... Makeup Effects
... Assistant Art Director
... First Assistant Director
... Second Second Assistant Director
... VFX Artist
... Concept Artist
... Lighting Technician
... Leadman
... Camera Operator
... Key Makeup Artist
... Stunt Double
... Stunt Driver
... Casting Associate
... Art Direction
... Stunt Double
... Additional Second Assistant Director
... Stunt Coordinator
... Compositor
... "B" Camera Operator
... Stunt Double
... First Assistant Director
... Special Effects Technician
... First Assistant Director
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Additional Second Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Compositor
... On Set Dresser
... Assistant Property Master
... Set Costumer
... Stunt Double
... Foley Artist
... Props
... Assistant Art Director
... Set Costumer
... Camera Operator
... Gaffer
... Assistant Property Master
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Second Second Assistant Director
... Compositor
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Costume Supervisor
... Key Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Assistant Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Technician
... Costume Supervisor
... Associate Producer
... Special Effects
... Visual Effects Coordinator
... Assistant Editor
... Visual Effects Coordinator
... Production Supervisor
... Leadman
... Set Designer
... Special Effects Technician
... Stunts
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Set Dresser
... Set Costumer
... Boom Operator
... Key Makeup Artist
... Sculptor
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Additional Second Assistant Director
... Set Decoration
... Art Department Coordinator
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Art Department Assistant
... Art Department Assistant
... Props
... Assistant Property Master
... Leadman
... Digital Compositor
... Compositor
... Lighting Technician
... Post Production Coordinator
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