The Exorcism Of Emily Rose DVD Report

In the Exorcism of Emily Rose, Emily (Jennifer Carpenter) is a normal albeit overly religious college student who enlists the help of Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson) after experiencing a series of unquestionably abnormal symptoms. The priest decides that Emily is actually possessed and moves forward with an exorcism which leads to Emilys death. Moore is subsequently charged with murder, with the star attorney Erin Bruner (Laura Linney) assigned to Moores case, Campbell Scott co-stars as the tough-as-nails prosecutor.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose primarily comes off as a straight-forward, matter-of-fact legal drama, as director and co-writer Scott Derrickson generally keeps the inherently spiritual aspects of the story to a minimum. And though the film is exceedingly well acted, Scott, in particular, is quite convincing in his role, but theres a curious lack of character development, something thats especially true of Linney's Bruner (we learn that she's Agnostic and little else).

I enjoyed this movie, a supernatural courtroom drama was an original idea! Here is the movie homepage.

And here is the trailer...