Atheism as a sin.

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2004)

Being utterly based on the Judaic-Christian beliefs, it's very hard to understand this flick without having such background. This movie gives no chance to science and looked to me a real retrospective towards middle-age superstitions. It tends to cause deep confusion, in example, when one tries to figure out what the point was of showing off a powerful demonic entity refusing to telekinetically open a drawer or responding a question in Latin, but still so interested in using a defenseless child to create segregation among tumbling religious characters. If cheating devil is so smart, why does he waste time ridiculing a girl? Because he is so mean? Does he really need to prove it this way? Atheism is exposed as a weakness, not as a matter of choice, and the so-called possession is presented as an, , undeniable fact: if you don't believe in it, then the whole movie concept is nothing!
Please forgive me, but I just can't think of God as the `my way, or the highway' kind of guy.
My IMDB rating: 6.