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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4658817, member: 1414"] [B]The Pope's Exorcist[/B]. Stars Russell Crowe, who is surprisingly good as an Italian Priest, Father Amorth. The character was a real person. The story, well, some of it is based on Fr. Amorth's books, but the core exorcism in the movie is not. It's entirely fictionalized. The broader story of Fr. Amorth is quite good, the challenges within the church (the young American Cardinal is an absurd error however, none have existed) and it rings fairly true. That's where Crowe is best. You like this guy. Once we proceed to the final exorcism, there are some really interesting twists, and revelations that are also very good. The weak link is some of supernatural elements that occur during the exorcism itself. But there's a welcome human element that helps bring it back from that. Overall, quite good, could have been better with a few tweaks. [/QUOTE]