A
preacher named Father Moore (Tom
Wilkinson) is about to be sent to prison
of a murder he claimed he never committed
to a young college student named Emily
Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) as he claimed
that she was possessed by a demon.
He seeks help from an attorney named Erin
Bruner (Laura Linney) to prove his
innocence. She tries to find evidence as
she too witnesses some strange events
surrounding her as both her and Moore
wake up at 3 in the morning as it the the
demonic witching hour plus strange events
start to happen.
Bruner, Moore and Emily's witnesses claim
her strange behavior's as she was once a
happy person who had faith in God and was
enrolled in college but then she starts
seeing strange events that only she could
see. Plus she starts eating insects,
throwing herself around, speaking foreign
language as well as clawing her wall.
The people at court just claim that Emily
was having seizures and is mentally ill.
Erin is forced to stop the court case or
her job is jeapardised by Moore convinces
her to carry on with it to find out about
Emily's death.
This film was very
well done and based on a true story
showing good darkness to the plotlines
and interesting effects too.
I jumped out of my seat a few times
whenever Emily was possessed with the
intensity on her behavior as it looked
incredibly disturbing along with some of
the violent actions too you spot here and
there.
It had nice scenery for a scary movie too
which many of you will agree with me.
Sometimes the courtroom scene's were a
bit of a drag at times but it picks up
when we see the flashbacks whenever a
witness comes up and explians the story
on what Emily was doing.
It goes to show that evil spirits exist
if you really believe that this happened
as many people who witnessed this seemed
to know what they were talking about too.
The acting was
great as I enjoyed Laura Linney's
performance very much as she had a great
straight forward getting to the point
attitude and good emotions too. Yep she
lived to play a sharp lawyer in the film.
Tom Wilkinson had the perfect looks
and right attitude as a preacher and
performed very powerfully in his role and
was extremely convincing no matter what
he did. There was never a dull moment
with this actor.
I especially enjoyed Jennifer
Carpenter's performance when she
behaved possessively as Emily Rose along
with her extreme intensity and acting
like Satan himself. She put everything
she had into her character and made it
all come to life which wasn't an easy
task. I think that she can outdo
Linda Blair.
Campbell Scott had a good
seriousness to his part as the scumbag
lawyer trying to make out the possession
was a scam as he reminds you of those
tpyical closeminded people that are out
to make your life miserable.
Colm Feore brings his character
across well too as the boss of Erin
Bruner with his strict and stern
attitude. My feelings were really nervous
watching his performance hoping you'd
never want to make him unhappy with your
job.
Scott
Derrickson is real with his work in
the film showing a nice beginning that
involved Tom Wilkinson outside
of the house in a snowy day with good
camera shots around the house. There's
also perfect takes on the supporting cast
as the family looking upset and gloomy
too.
We have a terrific dialogue between
Laura Linney and Wilkinson
in a jail cell with him being very firm
and serious towards her and getting to
the point along with good close up shots
on the two of them.
There's numerous great scene's with Wilkinson
in court getting straight to the point
along with Campbell Scott as
another lawyer having a dispute about the
possessive case. All of this looked
powerfully directed and strongly
performed.
We have many moments with Carpenter
getting into hysterics and acting crazy
in her room or in a cafeteria as well as
walking out in the hallway of her room
with nice dark shots. We also spot some
great blocking with Carpenter
bending her body on the ground which
looked intensely directed.
There's a nice shot on Wilkinson
near a staircase encountering some evil
moments with him not feeling well along
with a nice shadowy figure in the
hallway.
as his work with Jennifer Carpenter
was fantastic with her running around and
acting crazy as well as her possessive
talking and facial expressions.
We see a nice dark shot on Carpenter
crouching on the ground and eating
spiders and then turning around viciously
towards supporting actress Iris Graham as
her sister and getting upset.
We have a nice shot on Carpenter
(Or her body double) crashing out of a
window and running towards a barn.
There's a nice intense moment with Wilkinson
trying to talk to Carpenter in
the barn with nice close up shots on her
shouting obscenities and speaking latin
to him intensely along with the nice
demonic expressions along with the horses
going wild in their kennels and kicking
open their doors as well as a good shot
on a horse kicking supporting actor Andrew
Wheeler, as the father of Emily, in
the head which was good and fast action
paced.
Also, he was terrific with Laura
Linney and Tom Wilkinson's
scenes together.
We spot a good jumping moment with Linney
outside trying to talk to supporting
actor Duncan Fraser with him
choking on his words and then looking
frightened. Next, we spot a car crashing
in to him. Derrickson delivered
this very well.
We have a good close up shot on Linney
pouring some scotch into a cup and
drinking it along with her getting teary
as well as Colm Feore coming in
and scolding her.
I loved Derrickson's direction
with supporting actor Julian
Christopher as the attorney who
tried to make Wilkinson guilty.
We spot a nice shot on Carpenter
walking outside in the snow and lying
down on the ground near a tree with the
mist surrounding the area.
We have some great echoey
piano playing which sounds very sleek and
smooth as well as some deep orchestral
playing too. There's also good screeching
sounds during the possessions too which
suits the film very well all composed by Christopher
Young.
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