The Devil and Father Amorth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
Written by
Produced by
StarringGabriele Amorth
Narrated byWilliam Friedkin
Edited byGary Leva
Music byChristopher Rouse
Production
company
Distributed byThe Orchard
Release dates
  • August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31) (Venice)
  • April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20) (United States)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$20,449[1]

The Devil and Father Amorth is a 2017 American pseudo-documentary horror film directed by William Friedkin showing the ninth exorcism of an Italian woman in the village of Alatri[2] referred to as "Cristina", this time performed by Father Gabriele Amorth.

Cast

Production

Mark Kermode, a British film critic and long-time admirer of Friedkin, was invited to assist in writing narration.[3]

Release

The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2017.[4] It had a wide release in the United States on April 20, 2018.[5]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 44% based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 4.88/10.[6] The website's critical consensus reads, "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."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

Robbie Collin of The Telegraph wrote that the film "feels amateurish and arguably also exploitative [...] although perhaps that lends it credibility: in this context, too much polish would almost certainly be cause for suspicion."[8]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety called the film "a rather tawdry charade."[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Devil and Father Amorth (2018)". Box Office Mojo. November 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Friedkin, William (31 October 2016). "The Devil and Father Amorth: Witnessing "the Vatican Exorcist" at Work". Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ "Kermode Uncut: Talk Of The Devil". Retrieved Sep 23, 2019 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "William Friedkin on Twitter".
  5. ^ Collis, Clark (April 19, 2018). "The Exorcist director films 'real' exorcism in clip from The Devil and Father Amorth". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "The Devil and Father Amorth". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Devil and Father Amorth". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Collin, Robbie (31 August 2017). "The Devil and Father Amorth, Venice Film Festival review: William Friedkin's exorcist documentary doesn't give the Devil his due". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (21 September 2017). "Film Review: William Friedkin's 'The Devil and Father Amorth'".

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