The Rite (2011)

Director:

Mikael Håfström

Writers (WGA):

Michael Petroni (written by)
Matt Baglio (book) (suggestion)

Release Date:

28 January 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

You can only defeat it when you believe.

Plot:

An American seminary student travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.

Plot Keywords:

Exorcism | Demon | Faith | Seminary | Funeral

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Anthony Hopkins	...	Father Lucas Trevant
Colin O'Donoghue	...	Michael Kovak
Alice Braga	...	Angeline
Ciarán Hinds	...	Father Xavier
Rutger Hauer	...	Istvan Kovak
Toby Jones	...	Father Matthew
Marta Gastini	...	Rosaria
Maria Grazia Cucinotta	...	Aunt Andria
Arianna Veronesi	...	Francesca
Andrea Calligari	...	Vincenzo
Chris Marquette	...	Eddie
Torrey DeVitto	...	Nina
Ben Cheetham	...	Young Michael
Marija Karan	...	Sandra
Rosa Pianeta	...	Woman in Exorcism Video
Giampiero Ingrassia	...	Doctor
Rosario Tedesco	...	Police Officer
Cecilia Dazzi	...	Nurse
Attila Bardóczy	...	Xavier's Secretary
Nadia Kibout	...	Ethnic Nun
Anita Pititto	...	Vatican Nun
Sandor Baranyai	...	Concierge (as Sándor Baranyai)
Fabiola Balestriere	...	Young Girl
Anikó Vincze	...	Katalin Kovak
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adriano Aragon	...	Italian Doctor (voice)
Peter Arpesella	...	Doctor / Additional Voices (uncredited)
Jasper Jacob	...	Priest (uncredited)
Don Kress	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nico Toffoli	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Mikael Håfström

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Petroni		(written by)
Matt Baglio		(book) (suggestion)

Produced by
Christopher Almerico	....	associate producer
Robert Bernacchi	....	executive producer
Merideth Finn	....	executive producer
Christy Fletcher	....	co-producer
Beau Flynn	....	producer
Mark Tuohy	....	co-producer
Gian Paolo Varani	....	line producer: Italy
Tripp Vinson	....	producer

Original Music by
Alex Heffes

Cinematography by
Ben Davis

Film Editing by
David Rosenbloom

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Andrew Laws

Art Direction by
Lóránt Jávor
Stuart Kearns		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Peter Walpole

Costume Design by
Carlo Poggioli

Makeup Department
Katalin Jakots	....	key makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	special makeup effects artist: Anthony Hopkins
Sharon Martin	....	additional makeup artist
Gabriella Németh	....	hairdresser
Iván Pohárnok	....	prosthetic makeup supervisor
Trefor Proud	....	makeup department head
Tracey Wells	....	key hair stylist
Tracey Wells	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Gianluca Barra	....	assistant production manager: second unit
Robert Bernacchi	....	unit production manager
Francesca Cingolani	....	production manager: second unit
Vito Colazzo	....	production manager: Italy
Robin Melville	....	unit manager: Italy
Charlene Olson	....	post-production supervisor
Maria Ungor	....	production manager
Christina Varotsis	....	production supervisor: Chicago
Elena Zokas	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Basaglia	....	first assistant director: second unit Italy
Barbara Bevacqua	....	third assistant director: Italy
Senica Billingsley	....	assistant director: second unit
Senica Billingsley	....	second assistant director
Filippo Fassetta	....	first assistant director: Italy
Camilla Fava del Piano	....	trainee assistant director: Italy
Anna Piroska Geréb	....	assistant director: runner, second unit
Robert Grayson	....	first assistant director (additional photography)
John Greaves	....	second unit director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director
Alessandro Guida	....	assistant director
James Andrew Haven	....	second assistant director
Jessica Hurles-Laws	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gianluca Mangiasciutti	....	assistant director
Linda Marián	....	third assistant director: Hungary
Bogi Móricz	....	second assistant director: Hungary
Luca Padrini	....	second assistant director: Italy
Roxana Szarisz	....	second third assistant director
Bruce Terris	....	first assistant director: Chicago
Zsolt Tolmer	....	assistant director

Art Department
Paul Allen	....	leadman
Andrea Balogh	....	assistant set decorator
Zsuzsanna Borvendég	....	stand-by art director
Alex Boswell	....	chargehand propman: additional photography
Federico Ciommo	....	property master: Italy
Leonardo Cruciano	....	propmaker
Laszlo Demeter	....	set designer
Laszlo Demeter	....	stand-by art director: reshoots
Gergely Dömölki	....	supervising propmaker
Sandro Erdolini	....	stand-by painter
Dave Fisher	....	property master
Dean Fisher	....	stand-by props
Luciano Formigoni	....	assistant property master
John Greaves	....	storyboard
Zoltán Horváth	....	set decorator: Hungary
Gergely Kajdi	....	greensman
Slemer Karolina	....	art department coordinator
Attila Kiss	....	standby propman
József Kiss	....	supervising construction manager
Tamás Kiss	....	standby props
Zoltán Kiss	....	sculptor
Alexandra Miklos	....	graphic artist
Adam Polgar	....	production buyer
Mátyás Szakonyi	....	greensman
Marton Szalay	....	property master: Hungary
László Szirmai	....	assistant art director
László Szirmai	....	senior draftsman
Vilmos Törköly	....	propmaker
István Váradi	....	swing gang
József Ócsai	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor
Mark Coffey	....	first assistant sound editor
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recordist
Ezra Dweck	....	sound editor
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
R.J. Kizer	....	supervising adr editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Tamas Kurina	....	adr engineer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor
György Mihályi	....	utility sound
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Piero Mura	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Murphy	....	sound mix technician
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Mac Ruth	....	production sound mixer
Andy Stallabrass	....	adr recordist
Pál Szûrös	....	boom operator
Hugh Waddell	....	dialogue editor (as Hugh Wadell)
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Dave Whitehead	....	sound designer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bence Arik	....	special effects technician
Gergely Csóri	....	daily sfx technician
Massimo Di Palma	....	special effects technician
Attila Erczkovi	....	special effects technician
Franco Galiano	....	special effects supervisor: Italy
Gabor Kiszelly	....	special effects supervisor
Tibor Skornyak	....	special effects technician
Dieter Sturm	....	special effects snowmaker
Yvonne Sturm	....	special effects snowmaker
Fabio Ungher	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Aurelia Abate	....	visual effects producer: Method Studios
Jeff Allen	....	supervisor: Method Studios
Chad Buehler	....	compositor: Method Studios
Charles Bunnag	....	digital colorist
Lersak Bunupuradah	....	cg modeler: Method Studios
Steward Burris	....	animation supervisor: Method Studios
Kris Cabrera	....	cg artist: Method Studios
Huey Carroll	....	compositor: Method Studios
Stephen Ceci	....	visual effects coordinator
Jae Chang	....	visual effects producer
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Caitlin Content	....	visual effects: Prologue Films
Kyle Cooper	....	visual effects: Prologue Films
Chris Cortese	....	rotoscoper: method studios
Stuart Cripps	....	compositor: method studios
Nicolas Darques	....	compositor: method studios
Ian Dawson	....	visual effects supervisor: Prologue
Greg Derochie	....	compositor: method studios
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Olivier Dumont	....	visual effects supervisor: Method Studios
Sam Edwards	....	flame artist
Eyetronics	....	3D Scanning
Patricio Fernandez	....	rotoscoper: Method Studios
Zoltán Fiedler	....	matchmove artist: Digital Apes
Juan Flores	....	digital colorist assistant: Efilm
Michael Sean Foley	....	cg supervisor
Fortunato Frattasio	....	visual effects artist: Digiscope
Todd Gill	....	visual effects artist: Spy
Kerry Graham	....	matchmover: method studios
Brian Hajek	....	visual effects: Prologue Films
Joe Henke	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Norris Houk	....	matchmover: method studios
Shinya Ishii	....	modeler and texture artist: Method Studios
Michael Janov	....	visual effects supervisor
Bora Jurisic	....	visual effects artist
Dan Knight	....	compositor
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects producer
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor
Tim LeDoux	....	compositing lead: Pixomondo
Richard S. Lee	....	digital matte painter
Seong Joon Lee	....	cg artist: Method Studios (as Joon Lee)
Jack Lilburn	....	vfx coordinator: method studios
Justin Lloyd	....	cg artist: method studios
Mark Alan Loso	....	set vfx supervisor: FotoKem Budapest
Julia MacMullen	....	assistant visual effects editor
Michael Maker	....	tracking supervisor: method studios
Björn Mayer	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Emmi Nakagawa	....	texture artist
Masa Narita	....	cg modeler: Method Studios
Julia Neighly	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood (as Julia Gaudette)
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Eddie Offermann	....	software developer
Eddie Offermann	....	visual effects color
Tobbe Olsson	....	visual effects artist
Olivier Pron	....	lead matte painter: method studios
Nordin Rahhali	....	sequence supervisor: method studios
Lance Ranzer	....	digital artist
Juan-Luis Sanchez	....	cg supervisor: method studios
Florian Schroeder	....	digital compositor: Pixomondo
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Rasha Shalaby	....	texture painter
Prateep Siamwalla	....	tracking
Jennifer Silver	....	visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Bongkee Sohn	....	rigging
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects artist
Tim Stern	....	digital compositor: Pixomondo
Stephanie Sweeney	....	lead rotoscoper: method studios (as Stephanie Ide)
Emerick Tackett	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Gavyn Thompson	....	cg artist
Ash Thorp	....	visual effects: Prologue Films
Matthew Trivan	....	visual effects artist
Scott G. Trosclair	....	compositing artist: Spy
Max Ulaner	....	production assistant: Method Studios
Nancey S. Wallis	....	senior digital compositor: Method Studios
Stephen Wilson	....	visual effects artist
Gordon T. Wittmann	....	visual effects producer: Spy
Xye	....	tracking
Kwang Jib Kim	....	visual effects producer: Digitrove.Inc (uncredited)
Dong Su Kwak	....	lead modeler: Digitrove, Inc (uncredited)
Ryan Urban	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)

Stunts
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt coordinator
Erika Cziráky	....	stunt double
Kinga Gavalda	....	stunt double
Diego Guerra	....	stunt driver: Italy
László Imre	....	stunt double: Anthony Hopkins
Sándor Imre	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator: Chicago
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunt driver: Italy
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt coordinator: Italy
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt coordinator: Hungary
Rich Wilkie	....	stunt double: Chicago

Camera and Electrical Department
László Angyal	....	rigging best boy
Gábor Balda	....	rigging
Csaba Bankhardt	....	dolly grip
Roberto Barbona	....	dolly grip
Attila Barczay	....	video assistant
Mickey Bergstrom	....	video assist: Rome
Attila Bilik	....	rigging gaffer
Attila Bogyai	....	rigging electrician
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Patrick Bramucci	....	gaffer
Zoltán Bók	....	rigging electrician
Zsolt Büti	....	gaffer
Fausto Cancellieri	....	grip: Italy
Fabio Capozzi	....	electrician: Italy
Jason Catania	....	gaffer: Chicago
Giancarlo Checchi	....	electrician
Roberto Di Pietro	....	key grip: Italy
Zoltán Dzsupin	....	central loader
László Egyedi	....	grip
Egon Endrényi	....	still photographer
Demeter Ernö	....	location rigger
Péter Faludi	....	camera trainee
Daniele Farina	....	video assist cableman
Dániel Farkas	....	video assistant
Peter Field	....	camera operator: additional photography
Paolo Frasson	....	key grip
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Nándor Gulyás	....	assistant camera: second unit
Posztos György	....	studio key rigger
Attila Hevesi	....	rigging electrician
György Horváth	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Róbert Jász	....	grip
Adam Kalacsi	....	studio rigger
Michael Lubomski	....	grip: Chicago
Péter Meiszner	....	camera trainee: second unit
György Mohácsi	....	best boy grip
'Kis Gromek' László Molnár	....	rig electrician
Julian Morson	....	camera operator
Julian Morson	....	steadicam operator
Donát Oláh	....	second unit: video assist operator
András Pozsár	....	grip
Clive Prior	....	first assistant camera (as Clive Pryor)
Sam Renton	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
György Réder	....	camera operator
Tiziano Saraca	....	central loader: second unit, Italy
Imre Sisa	....	key grip
David Smith	....	gaffer
József Szucsik	....	gaffer: Hungary - second unit
Dean Thompson	....	first assistant camera: additional photograghy
Carsten Thoms	....	balloon light technician
Paolo Tiberti	....	key grip: reshoots
Marco Vignoni	....	video assist: second unit, Rome
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator
Tim Wooster	....	director of photography: second unit

Animation Department
Anthony Rizzo	....	character animator
Aaron Schultz	....	animator

Casting Department
Michela Forbicioni	....	casting (IT )
Tamás Kertész	....	extras casting
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Toby Spigel	....	casting assistant: uk
Gail Stevens	....	UK casting
Lisa Zagoria	....	casting associate
Jonathan Kinnas	....	extras casting: Chicago (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brigitta Barkó	....	key costumer
Ibolya Bárdosi	....	costumer
Elena Del Guerra	....	costume assistant
Serena Fiumi	....	costume supervisor
Anna Kulcsár	....	tailor/cutter
Péter Palotás	....	dresser
Anina Pinter	....	assistant costume designer
Zsuzsa Stenger	....	costume supervisor
Traxler Tamas	....	key costumer
Maurizio Vitiello	....	assistant costume designer
Rebecca Higginson	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Matt Absher	....	first assistant editor
Sándor Balla	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Janó Fekete	....	colorist: dailies
Erika Köcsky	....	digital dailies supervisor
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Amy Joy Rivkin	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Monica Ciafardini	....	music clearances
Mark Graham	....	head of music preparation
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
Joel Iwataki	....	music scoring mixer
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Peter Myles	....	music editor
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Drea Pressley	....	score vocalist
Jasper Randall	....	choir conductor
Jasper Randall	....	choir contractor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Mark Edward Smith	....	score vocalist
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Roger Suen	....	assistant to composer
Benjamin Wallfisch	....	additional arrangements

Transportation Department
István Bognár	....	transportation captain
Gabriella Di Santo	....	transportation manager: Italy
George Fohn	....	driver: cast
László Kiss	....	transport coordinator
John Lux Jr.	....	driver
Zoltán Szalay	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Robert Wallace	....	driver

Other crew
Akemi Abe	....	end titles
Camrin Agin	....	production attorney
Csaba Bagossy	....	production assistant
Eleonora Baldwin	....	script supervisor: Italy, second unit
Matteo Bardelli	....	set production assistant: italy
Michael Beaudin	....	first assistant accountant
Sallie Beechinor	....	production coordinator
Csaba Benedek	....	head of security
Mona Bernal	....	production coordinator: italy
Agi Blasko	....	production secretary
Rebecca Booth	....	assistant to the director: Italian unit
Nando Cartocci	....	production assistant
Alberto Caviglia	....	production assistant: second unit, Italy
Yuriy Chernin	....	Production Assistant: Chicago
Claire Connelly	....	production coordinator: Chicago
Eva Cseplo	....	production assistant
János Cserven	....	location manager
Péter Danó	....	second assistant accountant
Fernanda Dorogi	....	location coordinator
Daniele Fabrizi	....	set production assistant: second unit Italy
P.J. Fishwick	....	assistant production coordinator: Chicago
Jennifer Anne Franklin	....	assistant to mr. hopkins
Gianluca Gamberini	....	key set production assistant: Rome
Marco Giacalone	....	supervising location manager
Iolanda Greci	....	set production assistant: Italy
Mihály Gál	....	assistant production coordinator
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach: adr
Zoltan Horkai	....	head animal trainer
Amy Horkay	....	production coordinator
Andrea Iacobelli	....	production assistant: second unit Italy
Peter Ivanyi	....	animal department manager
Stephanie Jeter	....	office production assistant: Chicago
Lídia Jung	....	script supervisor: Hungary - second unit
András Kopházi	....	security coordinator
András Korcsmáros	....	dialogue coach: Hungary
Balint Kovacs	....	assistant location manager
Ross L. Kulma	....	set medic
Enrico Latella	....	location manager: Rome
Tamás Maros	....	location manager
Karin Mercurio	....	production accountant: italy
Daniela Merlo	....	dialogue coach: italian and latin
Zsolt Molnar	....	location assistant
Susanna Musotto	....	adr voice
Stefan Nikolov	....	assistant location manager
Andrew Norman	....	assistant to director
Zsofi Oblath	....	assistant to production managers
János Papp	....	health & safety advisor
Dorothy Precious	....	production accountant
Tamás Péter	....	production assistant
Michael Roccuzzo	....	post-production accountant
Alessandro Ruggeri	....	production coordinator assistant: Italy
Federico Santangelo	....	location manager
Dora Simko	....	script supervisor
Massimiliano Sisti	....	assistant accountant
Katalin Skuts	....	assistant to director
Richard Szabó	....	unit manager
Enikö Szakács	....	cashier
Istvan Szori	....	stand-in: Sir Anthony Hopkins
Erika Tamás	....	first assistant accountant
Sophie Treacher	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Kinga Trimmel	....	payroll accountant
Kolos Trimmel	....	production accountant
Marcsi Tóth	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Dale Wyatt	....	dialogue coach
Gábor Xantus	....	medical coordinator
Beth Dewey	....	main title producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Contrafilm (production)
• Mid Atlantic Films
• Hungarian National Film Office
• Rome Film Commission (with the support of)
• Lazio Film Commission (with the support of)
• Italian Tax Credit (with the assistance of)

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• ACME (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Acme Film (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2011) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2011) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• New Line Home Video (2011) (Canada) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2011) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Digital Apes (visual effects)
• Filmefex Studio
• Kristyan Mallett Fx (make-up effects)
• Leonardo Cruciano Workshop (special effects)
• M.A.G. Special Effects
• Method Studios
• Multifilm Special Effects
• Pixomondo (visual effects)
• Prologue Films

Other Companies

• Mouse Film  production services
• Mouse Films  production services: Italy
• Compuhire  24 frame playback
• Concorde Film Trust  funding
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Hollywood-DI  HD Screening Services
• Hungarian Filmlab / Magyar Filmlabor  post-production facilities
• OTC Productions  Digital Asset Management
• Panalux  grip and lighting equipment
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Picture Mill, The  main and end titles
• Post Modern Sound  ADR Recording Facility
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Sky Media Travel  travel agent
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Technicolor  release printing
• Videoassist.hu  video assist equipment provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA | Hungary | Italy

Language:

English | Welsh | Italian | Latin | Russian | Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46580) | Malaysia:PG-13 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Japan:PG12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:M | Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | Spain:16

Filming Locations:

Blue Island, Illinois, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The Kovak & Son Funeral Home is supposed to be set in Dixon, IL 61021 as seen in the letter from Italy Michael gets at the end of the movie. However the area code on the Funeral Home sign shown just prior to starts with "312" referencing Chicago's North Loop over 100 miles and nearly two hours apart.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The light was always outside the confessional box and would be switched off if someone was occupying the confessional by the priest or would be switched off if no priest was available. This is not a goof

Quotes:

Father Lucas Trevant:You do not speak to it. It is the devil.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Visionado obligado: Ondskan (Evil) (#1.5)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Rhapsodie Italiana

Inspired by true events story that is interesting but not exciting

While I was always waiting to see what happened next and interested in how the good guys would overcome the challenges they faced I felt completely detached from the main character, Michael Kovak. I don't need to like the main character but I still need to connect. Unfortunately, Michael was very emotionally inaccessible and therefore I never really cared for him.

On a positive note, Anthony Hopkins had a very good performance and the little field trips that he took the "doubter" on were some of the best parts of the movie. I loved how Kovak hung on to his doubt even when faced with an example of the possessed knowing the unknowable. The pacing was slow and gradually ratcheted up the tension as it went along. For some this may be boring but I was comfortable with it as it made the events unfolding feel natural instead of forced or rushed.

Overall, it was an alright movie that could have been great but just wasn't.