The Rite

2011

Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 174 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 102399 102.4K

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Plot summary

Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.


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Anthony Hopkins as Father Lucas Trevant
Ciarán Hinds as Father Xavier
Alice Braga as Angeline
Toby Jones as Father Matthew
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kuarinofu 8 / 10

Underrated (and carried by Hopkins)

The Rite is a good and very atmospheric exorcism film. Although released clearly not in a good time for this sub-genre, it still holds up well even 10 years later.

The setting is nice, the cinematography is great. It's not a demon-slasher like the more recent pieces of this sub-genre (like The Nun) and it plays more into the psychological aspect (just as the director did with 1408), this is how I like my exorcism films.

But what really makes this work for me, it's the performances. This film is carried by acting, and although most of the cast did a great job, O'Donoghue, Hauer...Hopkins stole the show. You get completely immersed in his performance, every detail, every emotion is projected through it. It is clearly one of his best if not the best roles since The Silence of the Lambs.

The story itself of course isn't perfect, and it has some elements reminiscent of the time, but when Hopkins is on screen, you just completely forget about everything else.

Personally, I think the film is way underrated on IMDB, especially if you compare the rating to more recent entries in this sub-genre.

A strong recommendation.

Reviewed by michaelRokeefe 7 / 10

The making of an exorcist.

The devil is alive and very active. Michael Kovak(Colin O'Donoghue) has second thoughts about staying with the family tradition. He has spent his life thus far helping his father at the family funeral home. He has been taught that preparing the body deserves respect and actually is akin to a piece of art. Michael has made his mind up to enter seminary school to become a priest. Despite his feelings that demonic possession is a pile of malarkey , the priest-in-making is recommended for an elite and special exorcism class in Rome. For the next several months Michael is under the guidance of Father Lucas(Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the devil's power and wrath up close and personal. The young cleric will attend exorcisms conducted by Father Lucas, who himself may know the devil more than he wants. Michael still isn't totally convinced an exorcism is ever needed instead of psychological therapy.

Director Mikael Hafstrom's supernatural thriller is based on actual events and is very graphic and contains disturbing images and sequences. Also in the cast: Toby Jones, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini, Alice Braga and Claran Hinds.

Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 9 / 10

Entertaining, Well-Acted/Photographed

Here's a modern-day "exorcist movie" that is "without the head-turning and pea soup," as Father Lucas Trevant" (Anthony Hopkins) puts it early in the movie.

Without the gross stuff - although there are some scary and not-so-pleasant sights and scenes - it makes for a more intelligent look at the subject matter.

Hopkins, no surprise, is excellent in his role at the veteran cleric who has been through many exorcisms. His antagonist, so to speak, is a young seminary student who extremely skeptical. (In fact, in real life, a guy with that little belief in God would never be in a seminary.). Anyway, Colin O'Donoghue is good, too, in that role as "Michael Kovak." Set mostly in Florence, Italy, the photography is nice and the story flows smoothly, building in intensity as it goes.

It was very entertaining and is recommended.

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