{"id":2609,"date":"2005-09-09T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/09\/the-exorcism-of-emily-rose-the-reviews-up\/"},"modified":"2005-09-09T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-09T09:45:00","slug":"the-exorcism-of-emily-rose-the-reviews-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/09\/the-exorcism-of-emily-rose-the-reviews-up.html","title":{"rendered":"The Exorcism of Emily Rose — the review’s up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My review<\/a> of The Exorcism of Emily Rose<\/a><\/i> is now up at CT Movies.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE: I\u2019ve been browsing other reviews, which are mostly mixed, and perhaps the harshest criticism of the film so far comes from A.O. Scott<\/a> in the New York Times<\/i>. He concludes:<\/p>\n

The movie pretends to take the same tolerant, anything\u2019s-possible position. While not especially good \u2013 judged strictly on its cinematic merits, it ranges from O.K. to god-awful \u2013 it is still a fascinating cultural document in the age of intelligent design<\/b>. Its point of view suggests an improbable alliance of postmodern relativism and absolute religious faith<\/b> against the supposed tyranny of scientific empiricism, which is depicted as narrow and dogmatic.<\/p>\n

The sincerity of a believer \u2013 Father Moore, in this case \u2013 is conflated with the plausibility of his beliefs. The doctors, meanwhile, seem so sure of themselves. But of course, the movie says, no one can ever be completely sure, and thus superstition becomes a matter of reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the clocks stop, the wind howls, and we are encouraged to believe \u2013 or at least not to disbelieve \u2013 our own eyes. Father Moore knows what he saw. So do I: propaganda disguised as entertainment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bits I\u2019ve highlighted comprise a fascinating observation. I am reminded of how Thomas Hibbs, in his book Shows about Nothing<\/a><\/i> and elsewhere<\/a>, has observed that The Exorcist<\/a><\/i> challenged modernism, with its smug and nihilistic belief that everything can be explained by science and rational analysis, by returning to a \u201cprimitive\u201d view of the world. But if The Exorcist<\/i> is pre-modern, then yeah, The Exorcism of Emily Rose<\/i> is definitely post-modern; the important thing here is not the raw experience of possession and exorcism, but the polyvalent discussion that takes place afterwards and leaves us all thinking, \u201cWell, who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose is now up at CT Movies. UPDATE: I\u2019ve been browsing other reviews, which are mostly mixed, and perhaps the harshest criticism of the film so far comes from A.O. Scott in the New York Times. He concludes: The movie pretends to take the same tolerant, anything\u2019s-possible position. 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