The Pope's Exorcist

The exorcism genre certainly hits as generic these days and while I can't quite say this isn't generic, ***The Pope's Exorcist*** is a big upgrade from the recent schlock we've had in recent years. It's very self-aware and isn't afraid of bringing the story to ridiculous places, which is what's required at this point because who even takes these seriously anymore (*The Exorcist 2023*, please prove me wrong!). I was never bored, there's always something happening it's very entertaining. The comedy and cringe is on the menu, the set was nice, some twists I didn't see coming and so much ridiculousness especially in the third act. Russell Crowe plays one hell of a cool priest, cracking jokes and drinking whiskey. Liked his character and performance. The boy wasn't half bad for a kid playing being exorcised but the words never sync with his lips and that kinda takes me out of it. The sidekick priest was so generic I kept forgetting he was there. Lining up for a sequel it seems. I'd be up for it, as long as they keep doing crazy ridiculous entertaining stuff.

They could make a good movie, but failed. They got everything to do so. Good: the story, mr russell, some scary parts, gory ones. Bad : the script, support actors. They could focus on the inquisicion instead, more detective history, less traditional exorcism parts.