Before long subtlety and suspense are completely abandoned in favour of explosive cheap thrills.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 17, 2025

This movie is shamefully entertaining; it's an act of dorky blasphemy.

| Aug 1, 2024

One of the wildest movies i’ve seen in a while…also complete shlock…and also camp!

| Apr 24, 2024

Its was a wild wacky time

| Apr 24, 2024

…it seems unfair to penalise Crowe and Nero for their work here, since their performances are the only things that make this rehashed supernatural gumbo watchable…

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 6, 2024

Rather than a potentially intriguing biopic of its true-life subject focusing on his methods and beliefs, this uninspired thriller is merely a compilation of effects-driven calculations and threadbare genre tropes.

| Feb 23, 2024

Crowe's performance is what elevates this film above most horror films while it now has to be said that Julius Avery is now one of the most exciting current day filmmakers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist rides almost entirely on Russell Crowe’s shoulders.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 13, 2023

Director Julius Avery uses every horror genre cliché and tropes to create an eerie and atmospheric mood, but it all ends up being more cacophonous than chilling.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 27, 2023

No matter how much zany wackadoo nonsense you think it has flung at you, it still finds surprises and ways to remain fresh and unpredictable, quite literally up until the very last scene.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 28, 2023

A solid performance from its leading man in a story which freshens up the delivery and messaging of an exorcism film delivers an overall decent horror flick.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 2, 2023

Russell Crowe has an inordinate amount of fun in his horror film debut

| Aug 27, 2023

A devil of a film.

| Original Score: C | Aug 20, 2023

Without Crowe getting to deliver lines like “A demon once tried to put a crucifix through my eyeball” with a twinkle in his eye this movie would be DOA.

| Aug 17, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist is not just another bad horror movie. It is a dangerous one.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 15, 2023

The Pope’s Exorcist has a few original ideas but overall it is just a rehashing of previous exorcism films.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 9, 2023

Although pretty formulaic and full of the scares you'd expect, the lead performance from Russell Crowe and the horror visuals make it worth the watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2023

Crowe’s refreshing performance transforms a formulaic possession film into a fun romp. The Pope’s Exorcism is silly, dumb, and entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 2, 2023

Boilerplate blather, with the final battle an orgy of damning CGI satiety.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 17, 2023

The film's worst sin, though, is that it forgets it's supposed to shock us.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 1, 2023