Great movie, except for...

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2000)

Chris MacNeil. Oh, what terrible acting. She spent the entire movie screaming and cursing and cursing and screaming. She made me want to turn the whole thing off. I simply couldn't stand her.
Although her motivation was surely driving her histrionics, she should have tried to go for a little more restraint. If I had been the Exorcist, I might have tried starting exorcising her instead of Linda Blair. With a little luck, I might have been able to exorcise her out of the movie. Incredibly bad acting.
The rest of the movie is an amazing work of art, though. 10 stars to it, -1 for MacNeil, a solid 9 rating.