The Pope's Exorcist

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Cast

Russell Crowe

as Father Gabriele Amorth

Daniel Zovatto

as Father Esquibel

Alex Essoe

as Julia

Peter DeSouza-Feighoney

as Henry

Ralph Ineson

as Asmodeus (voice)

Laurel Marsden

as Amy

Franco Nero

as The Pope

Ryan O'Grady

as Cardinal Sullivan

Bianca Bardoe

as Rosaria

Carrie Munro

as Adella

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Based on a real character from the murkier side of quite recent Vatican operations, Russell Crowe dons his cassock and travels to a remote abbey in Spain where his meets with "Fr. Esquibel" (Daniel Zovatto). Why? Well it seems that a young boy is being possessed by a singularly nasty demon. Now Fr. ...

Manuel São Bento

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition "The Pope's Exorcist swings for the fences with well-directed horror sequences by Julius Avery, who wasn't afraid to take advantage of the R rating to deliver a substantial amount of gore. Unfortunately, i...

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

When you buy a ticket for a movie like “The Pope’s Exorcist” it’s pretty clear what you’re getting into. There’s a ton of Catholic imagery like the rosary, crucifixes, holy water, church rituals, and lots of prayers, all used to fight off the demonic possession of an innocent. All of the standard el...

Karma

Its actually a great movie like it trun into a bit dark one in the end ...

Nathan

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed The Pope's Exorcist. After initially seeing the trailers, I wrote this movie off as a standard possession film that I have seen time and time again, and while most of that is still true, there is something about this film that made it a joy to watch. ...

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