Reviews 44\% approval by North American film critics "Fortunately (or not, depending on how big a Law Order fan you are),%DIFDELCMD < [%%% the movie dwells less on the possession itself than on the subsequent trial." -- Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat "Derrickson surprisingly shows more aptitude for his film's courtroom portions than its horror segments, which draw more laughs than shocks." -- Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star "The Exorcism of Emily Rose is not the horror film its trailers suggest. It's a courtroom drama -- sort of a People vs. Beelzebub -- and not a particularly arresting one at that." -- Connie Ogle, Miami Herald "Horror Film Screen Writing for Dummies, anyone?" -- John A. Nesbit, Toxic Universe.com "When it's scary, it's extra scary. Nails-in-the-armrest scary." -- Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World The Man An "on-the-take" federal agent turns up dead on the mean streets of Detroit, suspicions arise around street-wise agent Derrick Vann (played by Samuel L. Jackson). Vann's given 24 hours to recover the stolen arms and find the cop killers, but he's about to stumble upon an unlikely ally. The affable, optimistic dental supply salesman Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy) is pulled into the mix after a case of mistaken identity, and must help Vann complete the mission. Reviews 18 \% approval by North American film critics "The idea of casting the super-cool and street-smart Samuel L. Jackson with the clueless and impossibly nerdy Eugene Levy in an action buddy comedy is such an offbeat and inspired notion that it's impossible not to think of it without smiling." -- William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A boring, all-you-can-regurgitate buffet of buddy-movie/cop-movie banality, it would collapse under the weight of its own generic stupidity (without) Jackson and Levy." -- Rob Blackwelder, Splicedwire "It takes filmmakers of rare skill to make the reliable Eugene Levy unamusing and to reduce Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson to a series of angry poses." -- Dan Lybarger, Kansas City Star "When a movie's comedic zenith is Levy farting in an elevator full of nuns, or nerdily intoning the salutations 'homie' and 'bitch,' you know it's time to storm the box office to demand restitution." -- John Patterson, L.A. Weekly
 44\% approval by North American film critics %DIFDELCMD < [%%% The Man An "on-the-take" federal agent turns up dead on the mean streets of Detroit, suspicions arise around street-wise agent Derrick Vann (played by Samuel L. Jackson). Vann's given 24 hours to recover the stolen arms and find the cop killers, but he's about to stumble upon an unlikely ally. The affable, optimistic dental supply salesman Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy) is pulled into the mix after a case of mistaken identity, and must help Vann complete the mission. 16 \% approval by North American film critics 
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dwells less on the possession itself than on the subsequent trial." -- Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat "Derrickson surprisingly shows more aptitude for his film's courtroom portions than its horror segments, which draw more laughs than shocks." -- Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star "The Exorcism of Emily Rose is not the horror film its trailers suggest. It's a courtroom drama -- sort of a People vs. Beelzebub -- and not a particularly arresting one at that." -- Connie Ogle, Miami Herald "Horror Film Screen Writing for Dummies, anyone?" -- John A. Nesbit, Toxic Universe.com "When it's scary, it's extra scary. Nails-in-the-armrest scary." -- Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World
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"The idea of casting the super-cool and street-smart Samuel L. Jackson with the clueless and impossibly nerdy Eugene Levy in an action buddy comedy is such an offbeat and inspired notion that it's impossible not to think of it without smiling." -- William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A boring, all-you-can-regurgitate buffet of buddy-movie/cop-movie banality, it would collapse under the weight of its own generic stupidity (without) Jackson and Levy." -- Rob Blackwelder, Splicedwire "It takes filmmakers of rare skill to make the reliable Eugene Levy unamusing and to reduce Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson to a series of angry poses." -- Dan Lybarger, Kansas City Star "When a movie's comedic zenith is Levy farting in an elevator full of nuns, or nerdily intoning the salutations 'homie' and 'bitch,' you know it's time to storm the box office to demand restitution." -- John Patterson, L.A. Weekly