The Deliverance

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The Deliverance

Released Aug 16

1h 52m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

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Critics Consensus

Lee Daniels' foray into horror works best when it leans into his melodramatic preoccupations, but it fails to deliver the exorcism goods.

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

With every over-the-top line of dialogue and tone-deaf gamble, The Deliverance inches closer to becoming a parody of itself.

Rated: D

Oct 25, 2024

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Elizabeth Weitzman

TheWrap

Daniels isn't always able to find a steady equilibrium between melodrama and drama. But his cast is compelling enough to ground even the most outlandish moments

Sep 27, 2024

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Fun if you go in without expectations.

Sep 16, 2024

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

The melodrama is amped up early and if they had found a way to exorcise those demons rather than the standard, predictable supernatural ones maybe there would be something worthy of discussion, but that compelling idea is soon lost to the same old noise.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 26, 2024

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Sharai Bohannon

Blerdy Massacre Podcast

Great performances cannot hide how bad this movie is. The script and direction never earns the acting talent at the movie's disposal.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 23, 2024

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Ian Bunting

Daily Record (UK)

For when the possession tropes begin, the film’s quality takes a severe nose-dive as every Exorcist knock-off that’s hindered many a genre outing gets unveiled quicker than projectile vomit.

Oct 7, 2024

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Keena A

I like it although it was dark & more different than anything I ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Damian E

This movie was solid if unimpressive until the last 20 minutes where it all fell apart. They did a great job of mixing in realistic responses to the crazy stuff happening around them which made it feel realistic. Until they tried to resolve the problem. My biggest take away was saying “woa that’s Omar Epps”.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Kyle M

Perceived as nothing out of the ordinary that’s already been done before across multiple occasions becoming more worn and torn to practically nothing, but what compelled to check this out is the events that were previously covered in “Demon House”, a “Ghost Adventures” documentary on the notorious haunting with cautious viewing. At the end, credibility remains questionable over the accuracy, but the gravity sure got gripped when feeding off the melodramatic tension that Lee Daniels leaned more towards to with little fitting into any frights besides impressive performances and okay script. (C+)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Brent F

The first half was very well acted and compelling...then, it's like someone else directed the second half. Difficult to explain why but I kept thinking "Wha happened?"

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Audience Member

Watched with the fam, love the eerie vibe to it. The actors potrayed it perfectly

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Chris R

The key with horror movies is caring about the characters put into the terrifying situations. There is no backstory to establish the sheer unlikability of the adult characters. There is barely spoken of trauma in between the hateful language thrown among the family members which doesn’t set the stage for an effective horror movie. It just doesn’t work.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Synopsis

Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

Director: Lee Daniels
Producer: Todd Crites, Lee Daniels, Jackson Nguyen, Tucker Tooley, Pamela Oas Williams
Screenwriter: David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum, Lee Daniels
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Turn Left Productions, Tucker Tooley Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Jereco Studios Inc.
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 30, 2024
Runtime: 1h 52m

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