The Rite Reviews

Movie Reviews

• you know what isn't terrifying? Mules. Also not terrifying

  Review rate : c- by Keith Phipps [AV Club ]

• trots out the tired old belief

  by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]

• too many wrong chords during its final quarter hour

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• those wanting to see a film devoid of cliches and implausibility should look elsewhere

  by Peg Aloi [Boston Phoenix ]

• the movie's primary pleasure is Hopkins

  by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]

• the movie is so slowed by talk, unnecessary characters and some odd symbolism

  by Scott Bowles [USA Today ]

• Please, no sequels!

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• might have been more affecting if the performances gave just a hint that its histrionics were more than that

  by Sara Maria Vizcarrondo [Boxoffice Magazine ]

• If William Friedkin's 1973 The Exorcist is the genre's benchmark, this is its punchline

  by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com ]

• commits the supreme sin of making the devil dull

  Review rate : D by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• becomes more ludicrous as it goes along

  by Frank Scheck [Hollywood Reporter ]

• a workmanlike B-movie that embraces as many of the genre's cliches

  by Stephen Holden [NY Times ]

• a slow-burning horror flick

  by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]

• a largely low-key, intelligent effort with midrange commercial potential

  by Joe Leydon [Variety ]

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