The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Excellent. Thats really all I can think about in regards to The Exorcism of Emily Rose. All around, excellent. It was an extremely brave and courageous move on the part of those who created this movie to combine a courtroom movie with a horror movie, especially given that it worked out so well. The movie follows the trial of Father Moore who is charged with criminal negligence in the death of Emily Rose. The horror portion of the film comes in the flash backs during the testimony of all the witnesses. What I liked the most, and what I think is the greatest strength of the movie is the fact that whether or not you believe that posession, exorcism and things of that nature are real or even possible, you can beleive that your side was protrayed acurately. The movie does not force one side of the story versus the other, it simply puts forth all the information and accounts, and lets the viewer pounder what they wish to believe. The movie was well written, well directed and offered an extremely great performace from Jennifer Carpenter (Emily Rose). The movie is not just for those who enjoy horror movies, in fact I can see where some hard core horror fans may be disappointed, because thats really not what this movie is about. The movie really is about taking an extremely creative route to get the viewer to think about what is and is not possible. Excellent.