The Rite (2011)

Fresh and Exciting

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

If you've chosen to watch "The Rite," I'm guessing it is because you are a fan of demonic activity and watching morticians at work. If you are not fond of these things or enjoy less than scary horror films, then I cannot stress strongly enough to stay away from "The Rite."My friends and I diligently searched Netflix for horror movies that weren't rated R. At the time, we had no idea that choosing "The Rite" would cause us such boredom that night. It took the longest time to give the background on the story. We found ourselves paying no attention to the movie, and only to our phones. The movie created a very awkward environment as it progressed; I knew that I wanted to start another, but I was too scared that I would let down my friends. When it finished, we all admitted that "The Rite" was definitely not something we'd want to watch again.Never did any of us scream in terror. At the "tense" scenes, I cringed with embarrassment. The movie was not scary, but it most certainly was disturbing. I found myself either bored to death or wanting to skip scenes that made me feel uncomfortable. The film answers the question, "What can the writers possibly do to make an interesting story dull and mundane?" We longed for an exciting ending, but it never came. Scenes began to meld together, and many random elements came into play. From the abounding amount of stray kittens to a possessed donkey, I became more confused. At the end, some things were explained, but many of my questioned remained unanswered. Multiple events occurred without a real reason, and the film could have been much shorter if the writers considered if what they were writing actually served a purpose. In closing, I would like to mention the lack of emotion. In the character's time of peril, I did not feel any real want for him to live. Throughout the movie, the protagonist was portrayed as cold and emotionless. Yes, he seemed fairly distressed in a few scenes, but it did not make me feel sorry for him- and I could tell that none of it was real sadness. In a disappointing movie, the characters were most likely the most disappointing thing about it.

In this film we see the story of Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue), a seminarian with a wavering faith that goes to the Vatican in order to learn the Catholic ritual of exorcism. In Rome, he meets Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who will face the disease and to test his faith.This is another horror film that deals with the theme of exorcism, a common practice in almost all religions used to fight evil demons and spirits, preventing them from doing harm to other people or their souls. The theme has given masterful films ("The Exorcist" is the most famous) and this is also very good. The scares are many, but what we see in this film is more suspense, tension, and not exactly scares. The devil is something that never takes shape, you never see, except for the famous mule appears in a single scene, which thickens the suspense: if we are afraid of what we see, we have more fear of what we can not see, of what may be anywhere. The biggest negative review of the film are almost romantic scenes of Kovak and Angeline (Alice Braga), a female journalist, because ultimately create the expectation of a novel, a sub-plot that never happens.

Well, there's movies that make you feel frightened, and there's movies that propagate some very fundamentalistic views of Christianity. This movie is of the second kind. I wonder what else but the money brought legendary actor Anthony Hopkins to star in such a predictive, superficial and stereotyped s***flick as this. Unbelievable. Just seen this on TV again and I was again surprised of how weak the dialogues - how ridiculous the whole script is in itself. In the end it is still portrayed (as usual, yawn) as if any of these things happened, and as if both of those priests have performed several exorcisms and still live happily ever after. Generally, no problem as long as a movie is well acted and scripted, but this is so stereotyped, so extensively based on religious faith in heaven and hell it makes me puke. On the other hand, movies such as the Exorcist Part II seemed so much more entertaining and still kept things more to the frightening part than this flick here - the Rite seems like some strange Hollywood styled film to make crazy and ancient practices socially acceptable and bring back some outdated "christian beliefs" regarding hell and heaven back to life in a very radical manner. Undeniably one of the most ridiculous movies on such topics I have ever watched.

This film is the worst creation ever to grace gods planet. Biting my toenails contains more excitement and fun than any minute of this film. It is a genuine embarrassment and I can not express how much I wish I could have the past 2 hours of my life back as my toenails do need biting. But seriously Don't waste your time. The only slight OK part of the film was when she spit nails out and then again it was a pretty pathetic attempt. The cats are even malnutritioned! It is a complete waste of time. I was tired before I started watching the film and thought I would give it a chance. What a mistake i made. I could of had an extra two hours sleep but no I wasted my time watching pathetic acting. Please understand my hatred for this film do not watch it!