The Devil and Father Amorth

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The Devil and Father Amorth
The Devil and Father Amorth.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
Written by
Produced by
  • Mickey Liddell
  • Pete Shilaimon
  • Francesco Zippel
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
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$20,449[1]

The Devil and Father Amorth is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin showing the ninth exorcism of an Italian woman in the village of Venafro[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. "The Devil and Father Amorth: Witnessing "the Vatican Exorcist" at Work".
  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" – 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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