My Best Friend's Exorcism

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

R

2022

1h 36m

Horror

Comedy

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The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act... different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries--and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

here are flashes of a much better movie throughout My Best Friend’s Exorcism, but the one we get just isn’t self-possessed enough to hold onto them for long.

Rated: C

Oct 1, 2022

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

The film repeatedly undercuts whatever tension is mustered with its frustrating tendency to crack goofy, juvenile jokes.

Sep 30, 2022

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

My Best Friend’s Exorcism could perhaps do with one or two genuine scares. But for anyone old enough to remember Tiffany and advice columns in teenage girls’ magazines, this is going to deliver a pleasing shot of nostalgia.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 30, 2022

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Ally Ham

The Review Geek

Most exorcism films have strong religious undertones, of which My Best Friend’s Exorcism is highly aware and attempts to challenge–doing so amusingly, even if it doesn’t really take its criticism anywhere.

Rated: 5/10

Jul 20, 2024

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Paul Klein

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

This isn't a disappointment but it going to streaming isn't entirely surprising, for fans of sub-Stranger Things excursions into a little sweary but not too upsetting horror this will fill the void until a new season

Rated: 3/5

Jul 5, 2024

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

None of the characters ever earn the respect that they deserve. My Best Friend’s Exorcism is an iteration hopefully, everyone stays clear of.

Sep 8, 2023

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S S

Really good movie with great acting. Scores should be well above 80...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Milla R

First i was thinking it will be good. But in the end the “priest band boy” and abby are so lame. Elsie Fishers acting was no good at all. It was like a theatre kid tryna act. The “comedy” in the movie was non exciting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Diego H S

Incluso si no ha leído el maravilloso libro de Grady Hendrix (una oda a la sororidad), la película es mala en sí: predecible, sin ritmo, con humor forzado a lo "Stranger Things" y sin una mínima construcción de la relación entre personajes, una lástima. Ojalá esta pobre versión no desanime a potenciales lectores de la novela, que merecía más a nivel cinematográfico.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/14/24

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Lillyanne Hops

As someone who has read the book. I enjoy that the author was able to create a fun old fashioned campy horror tone. That being said, the movie had too many changes and also couldn't decide what it wanted to be.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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Roos S

It could have been a lot better, but it wasn't. Now reading that this was a book made into a movie surprised me because the movie lacked so much story. The movie flips between comedy and horror continuously, making it difficult to get into. Any time the horror could be scary the humor takes it away, and the humor isn't consistent enough (at least for me) to class it as a comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Lilianna P

Not funny and cheap. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be though

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/23

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Synopsis

The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act... different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries--and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?

Director: Damon Thomas
Producer: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jennifer Semler, Christopher Landon
Screenwriter: Jenna Lamia
Production Co: Gotham Group, Endeavor Content
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 30, 2022
Runtime: 1h 36m

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