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My Best Friend's Exorcism

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Mike T As a fan of Grady Hendrix roller coaster of a novel that it is was based on- this was highly disappointing. All the pieces are there for this to have worked but it just clunked along with awkward tone and pacing that never felt in synch. The casting isn't bad and the leads have some good moments, but none of it ever "clicks" - for the most part every scene plays like it needed at least one more rehearsal for the cast to build a workable chemistry. Plot point of the book are shuffled around seemingly at random and not to the benefit of the story. It's almost unfortunate that this was ever made as a director with a clearer vision or appreciation for the source material could have elevated it. Instead we get what feels like a copy of a copy of a discarded Stranger Things episode. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Endeavor Content, Gotham Group
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 30, 2022
Runtime
1h 36m
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