The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Grade: B

First things first. This isn't really a horror movie in the traditional sense. Those looking for creepy horror scenes and all will be better off just fast-forwarding to the exorcism scene and losing the whole plot anyway.

While I do not agree with the leap-of-faith theme of the story, this movie plays out the dilemma between siding with science or siding with the supernatural when there the evidence points both ways. I can't say I empathise with that dilemma, but it was elaborate and well-thought.

The pacing generally was quite slow, and the acting a little wooden, but in general it's alright, but not great. The courtroom scenes were surprisingly engaging, whereas the horror scenes turned out to be a corny CGI-fest that mocks the whole story. Even The Exorcist from 1973 betters the atmospherics of the horror scenes, and without the aid of CGI.

So all in all, a B. Slightly better than Hotel Rwanda.