The Devil and Father Amorth

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The Devil and Father Amorth

Released Apr 20, 2018

1h 8m

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Filmmaker William Friedkin follows the Rev. Gabriele Amorth as he performs an exorcism on a woman in Italy.

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The Devil and Father Amorth sets out to interrogate age-old questions of faith, but fails to find enough compelling answers -- or reasons for viewers to watch.

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Andrew Whalen

Newsweek

The Devil and Father Amorth starts to feel slippery, as Friedkin uses the sliver offered by psychologists and neurologists as a pry bar to crack open space for the supernatural.

May 23, 2018

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

The Devil and Father Amorth feels at once bloated and slight, like a DVD supplement puffed up to feature length.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 20, 2018

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Steven D. Greydanus

National Catholic Register

There is little, if any, genuinely religious dimension ... It's basically a "boo" movie in documentary form - that, and an exercise in brand reinforcement and exploitation.

Rated: C-

Apr 20, 2018

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Jack Blackwell

One Room With A View

With the whole film shot on a static, handheld video camera, both the content and execution fail to keep the attention, and at only 68 minutes long, Father Amorth still manages to drag incessantly.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 28, 2019

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Sean Mulvihill

FanboyNation.com

The Devil and Father Amorth is pretty much just a glorified DVD extra with flimsy production values and a sense of self-aggrandizement.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 30, 2018

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Joe Friar

The Victoria Advocate

I get the feeling that Friedkin decided to put the footage out there at the last minute which may explain the documentary's crude form. For those with faith Friedkin's documentary is downright chilling.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 28, 2018

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A absolute shambles of a documentary, William should be ashamed of himself for exploiting this poor woman as she's clearly not possessed and is mentally ill and needs medical attention not the attention of a 95 year old Catholic

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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"As pessoas querem ficar longe do assunto, tanto quanto possível. Quanto mais você se abrir, para pensar sobre essas coisas e você começa a sentir algo sobre essas coisas, mas o espaço você abre para o sobrenatural." Imagino que ele se refira as almas benéficas quanto aos espíritos malignos, assim como nossos pensamentos atarem através das ondas celebrais… O documentário apesar de leve, teve cenas fortes com Cristina sofrendo o exorcismo, pulei essa parte, assisti durante o dia, vai que né…

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Great documentary. Lacks some perspective from the truly non-believing side.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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brad p

You're Better Off Watching ‘The Exorcist' Than ‘The Devil and Father Amorth'

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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There are a modicum of interesting facts peppered throughout this documentary, to keep you from turning it off. However, it doesn't present compelling answers, instead repeating vagueries, and asking questions that have been asked for decades... centuries, even. It is good to hear this kind of debate being brought to different audiences, even if answers aren't forthcoming, as it provokes thought and touches on aspects of faith and science. What Friedkin recounts towards the end of the documentary really lets it down, as there is no evidence

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

F U Friedkin this is shit

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker William Friedkin follows the Rev. Gabriele Amorth as he performs an exorcism on a woman in Italy.

Director: William Friedkin
Producer: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon
Screenwriter: William Friedkin, Mark Kermode
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: LD Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.4K
Runtime: 1h 8m

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