The exorcism of Emily Rose

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Movie
German title The exorcism of Emily Rose
Original title The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 119 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 14
Rod
Director Scott Derrickson
script Paul Harris Boardman ,
Scott Derrickson
production Paul Harris Boardman,
Beau Flynn ,
Gary Lucchesi ,
Tom Rosenberg ,
Tripp Vinson
music Christopher Young
camera Tom Stern
cut Jeff Betancourt
occupation

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Original title: The Exorcism of Emily Rose ) is a thriller with mystery horror elements from 2005. Director was Scott Derrickson , who co- wrote the script with Paul Harris Boardman . The main roles were played by Jennifer Carpenter , Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson .

action

The ambitious lawyer Erin Christine Bruner takes on the defense of the priest Richard Moore. He is accused of negligently causing the death of the 19-year-old student Emily Rose through the exorcism . The statements of the witnesses, with whom the events in the court case are to be reconstructed, are visualized in flashbacks .

Prosecutor Ethan Thomas interrogates several doctors and neurologists who are supposed to prove a medical cause for Emily's death, most notably epilepsy and schizophrenia . The young woman broke off her studies after she was attacked by delusions and muscle spasms one night at three o'clock (the time is considered a demonic witch's hour, so demons mock the Holy Trinity , it is the counterpart to the hour of Jesus Christ's death at three o'clock in the afternoon) . She returned to her parents' home, where the doctors treated her with a drug for epileptic psychosis . Since her condition does not improve, however, Father Moore is consulted. According to his assessment and observations, Emily is not an epileptic, but possessed by a demon. Therefore, with the consent of the parents, he subjects her to an exorcism, which, however, fails. The drug is to blame for the unsuccessful expulsion because it paralyzes Emily's brain activities and the exorcism thus cannot reach the demon.

This is the version that the priest tells in court, where he is called to the stand. Moore only wants one thing in the process: tell the story of Emily. The archdiocese wants to prevent his testimony by all means in order to cover up its consent to the exorcism. To support Erin, who is meanwhile seized by nocturnal riots, also offers the author Dr. Adani as a witness exploring obsession in different cultures. The public prosecutor wants to dismiss their statements as unscientific nonsense, but the judge makes it clear to him that she wants to hear this version of the story too. The testimony of a doctor who was present at the exorcism is prevented by his sudden accidental death. However, Moore has a tape recording of the exorcism as evidence. He says that after the exorcism, Emily met the Blessed Virgin Mary in the field, who showed her the way to heaven. However, Emily decided how to endure her sufferings like Jesus did, and later discovered stigmata on her hands. Ethan Thomas interprets the stigmata not as a divine symbol, but as traces of self-inflicted injuries .

In his closing plea , the public prosecutor called for the accused to be found guilty of the medical evidence. The defense attorney turns to the jury regarding her theory of exorcism with the following statement : "I don't know whether it is a fact, but it is possible." At the end of the trial, Richard Moore is found guilty. However, the jury gives a recommendation for the sentence: The amount of the sentence should be that of the period of the previous remand . The judge agrees and so Father Moore is sentenced, but can leave the court as a free man. Erin Bruner is offered a partnership in the firm, which she refuses. At the end of the film you can see how she and Richard Moore visit the grave of Emily Rose together, on which there is an inscription from the letter of Paul to the Philippians : "Create that you are saved, with fear and trembling!" Phil 2.12  EU ).

background

  • The cost of producing the film was around $ 20 million. In Germany, around 750,000 viewers saw the film in cinemas. As of July 18, 2006, global box office income was more than $ 144 million.
  • In the German dubbing of the film, Emily speaks Russian at the beginning of the exorcism. In the English original, she speaks the sentence in German at this point.
  • Although the film was marketed in Germany with the addition “based on a true story”, the plot is largely fictional and has little to do with the life of Anneliese Michel . On the audio commentary on the DVD, the director also avoids mentioning a case or a specific name, just saying that the script was inspired by an actual case that was read about.

criticism

  • Thomas Strasser writes on Moviemaze.de , "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" was a "clever mix of courtroom drama and horror film" that a "scary movie experience" offer and "good lead performances and a creepy creeps mood with a few shock effects" take care of ongoing goosebumps mood . He also praises the fact that the film, unlike the classic The Exorcist , puts a trial and not the exorcism itself at the center of the plot.
  • The cinema magazine Cinema concludes that the film is a “visually stunning mixture of clever court drama and moderately exciting horror thriller” and “the real shocks here come from the soundtrack” .
  • Florian Kummert from br-online saw an “intelligent horror court drama that raises religious questions” : “The fascinating thing about the film is not Emily's obsession, but the clash of two worlds. A secular institution, the evidence-based court, is supposed to deal with faith. Although in the end the sympathies are on the side of the priest and the obsession theory, all possibilities of interpretation remain open to the viewer ”.
  • Carsten Baumgardt from Filmstarts.de praises the film's “electrifying atmosphere, which fully exhausts the goose bumps during the horror sequences” , as well as the “gloomy photography and the well-cast cast of actors” . For him, however, the greatest strength of the film is the “construction of the substantive judicial arguments about belief, reality and trust” . Nevertheless, he is not entirely satisfied with the film either, admitting that "much more would have been possible than a rock-solid horror film that is crossed with a court thriller".

Awards

Jennifer Carpenter was honored for her role as Emily Rose at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards in the Scariest Act category. She received a nomination in the “Best Newcomer” category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Certificate of Release for The Exorcism by Emily Rose . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, November 2005 (PDF; test number: 104 244 K).
  2. ↑ Age designation for The Exorcism by Emily Rose . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ boxofficemojo: Exorcism of Emily Rose
  4. ↑ https://archive.today/20120903174035/http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/1284/der-exorzismus-von-emily-rose.html
  5. ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/38306-Der-Exorzismus-von-Emily-Rose.html