The whole this lays on Hopkins sholders. I think he gets too much space to goof around with the character, but what is one to do when no one else is even trying to act.

Not so good

Yikes.

This film made me want to see Hopkins in a much better exorcism movie. I didn't like the acting of everyone who wasn't Hopkins, I didnt like the religious push on the film..what else... I thought Kovak's whole story was just crap. not good..

Intruiging idea, but horribly executed. They brought up a lot of potential back stories, but none of them were fully dealt with, and then they didn't leave enough time for a proper ending, very anti-climactic. It's a movie that is lost and never really sure what it wants to be.

Hopkins is great as you'd expect, it's expertly shot in wonderful locales and the effects are great. Sadly the plot is pretty standard fare exorcism stuff with an extra helping of religious propoganda

Terribly unconvincing. Only watched it for Hopkins who did the best he could. Unfortunately, this is unsalvageable crap.

Anthony Hopkins is amazing, the movie is pretty good.

seytan cikarma, ayin, rahip (ailesinden uzaklasmak icin rahip olmayi secen Michael Kovak, okuldaki rahibin istegiyle vatikan'da bir seytan cikarma kursuna katilir. siniftaki süpheci tavirlari onu gercek deneyimiyi gözlemeye zorlar.) yer yer bunaltiyor.

The Rite's depiction of exorcism is marked by the same cliches demonically possessing cinema ever since The Exorcist, but the plot does something a bit different: It throws an articulate skeptic into the fray, which might have been to its credit, if it didn't quickly shoot him down by suggesting that he is plagued by "certainty" - an ironic accusation coming from the church. Indeed, The Rite turns out to be Catholic propaganda masked as a horror film. It's also a waste of prime Anthony Hopkins.

very average exorcism movie, hopkins is acting but boring, the others are all unacceptable

This isn't a horror movie. It's a Christian movie in the Kirk Cameron, you must accept Jesus into your heart to save your soul, sense. Horror movies deal with fear, loss, helplessness, better understanding the human condition in the face of the unknown. For all their silliness, they often contain a lot of nuance. This film does not. It's about a young man's struggle to accept the word of God. Great if you like that kind of thing, but otherwise an irritating bait and switch.

God is dead and so is cinema.

the majority of the movie makes you walk a line on always having a doubt if these exorcisms are actually happening or they're just mentally disturbed people, which is an attribute i actually liked, but then it goes and screws that all up, leaving us with a slightly less than lukewarm movie.

A collection of the tropes we've already seen in movies like The Exorcist. Anthony Hopkins' presence is really the only redeeming factor, but can't salvage the movie as a whole.

Really unoriginal. Supposedly based on a true story, which was the only interesting thing about it for me.

It seems there is only so much you can do with the 'exorcism' horror genre and The Rite is a (if you pardon the pun) testament to that. Worth a look if only to see Hopkins do what he does best (slapping girls around).

droll pacing, average acting - even from the venerable Anthony Hopkins - and a wretched story make for a slow, plodding movie.

Nice setting - bad film. Nothing Hopkins and Braga (love that woman!) can do to save this monster; they just ease the pain (a bit). Predictable, unconvincing, Dull. Some very nice details, but nowhere near enough to earn this film a honourable score...

This true stories :/...although Hopkins was enjoyable so mark is not so low....

There was some nice images in the beginning and I really expected at least watchable film. Towards the end the story get worse and worse, and they lost everything possible good from it. Not one good part.

Kissy Lips?

Very well made, ending could've been better but Anthony Hopkins was amazing towards the end.

38.500

The only thing good about this is Hopkins and once it goes into the whole as-long-as-you-believe-youll-find-salvation thing I'm jumping of the train! Its not very horror-ish, its not very thrilling and overall just a bore with to much over the top american belief in God!

Hopkins, always great, couldn't do much to save The Rite: its greatest sin is Donoghue's acting (a Keanu Reeves-like), unconvincible as the skeptical seminarist.

Pretty much terrible. Possessed people's limbs twisting in unnatural ways as they speak in a guttural voice is officially NO LONGER SCARY. Stop using this technique, exorcism movie filmmakers! The Rite directly references The Exorcist at one point to try to avert such comparisons, but it only ends up making things worse. Colin O'Donoghue gives one of the most bland, underacted leading performances I've seen on the big screen in years.

Hopkins kicks ass! O"Donoghue is oh so charming and handsome! Temptation.

" The Rite trots out the tired old belief that catering to cynical viewers' assumptions is half the battle in convincing them that they're seeing something new, different, or possibly just worthwhile." - Simon Abrams

Falls into the trappings that make many horror movies dumb: shoving "based on true events" down the audience's throats and then showing stuff that is completely ridiculous, some really stupid jump scares, and a few played out themes. I thought the way the climax was resolved was really lame. Really the only reason this is watchable is for Anthony Hopkins and the girl who you first see as possessed. They both put in some solid performances.

I find myself wondering how many people picked up on the subtle wordplay used to counteract those who would yell foul at the "true events" angle. The movie is inspired by a book, that was inspired by true events, and the movie does say that, but does a great job of masking it. It's an inspiration piece, not a re-telling of true events. I really enjoyed it, it's hard not to enjoy Anthony Hopkins. Has some flawed dialogue and cheap scares, but very enjoyable and great at what it's meant to be.

I enjoyed the whole, dude is confused about his faith angle, and how other characters talk about it. The rest of the movie was solid in pretty much every way, though not anything extravagant and overly memorable. A horror flick that's at the high end of good but not very good. I also like seeing Ciarán Hinds.

Okay

To my surprise, not terrible at all. Hopkins is great in this decent and well paced homage to horror landmarks such as 'The Exorcist'.

Hopkins is sublime in this quite entertaining excorcist thriller that has a good portion of refererences to The Excorsist. Although it works well and isn't trying to be too much, it won't go over in history as a great film. [Full Review]

Hopkins uses his Iphone while he is fighting against beelzebub and co. Great, he uses the same ringtone than me! That's the only thing i will remember about this boring movie.