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When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine "exorcism" on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus' own beliefs are shaken to the core when he and his crew must find a way to save Nell - and themselves - before it is too late.
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
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The Last Exorcism is about an hour of mildly interesting build up to a terribly weak ending. We have a credible and engaging lead character in disenchanted Reverend Cotton Marcus, but in a movie titled The Last Exorcism, we're left waiting for, you know, the exorcism. While the slow setup lets us get to know Cotton, it is bereft of scares (as is the Blair Witch ending) and the movie never really feels like it truly gets going.
The film is shot in the first person style much like Cloverfield, Quarantine and Diary of the Dead, and it really looks quite good. The film is actually more of a mystery than you would think, but that makes the ending feel all the more tacked on and unsatisfying. A lot is left up to us as an audience, and with less holes these would be interesting questions to ponder. But as it is, once the movie ends, all you do is shrug and wonder if thats really it. Ashley Bell does a good job as the girl in need of exorcising
This is an attempt to at least go a different route than a usual exorcism movie. Much like The Exorcism of Emily Rose was more of a court room drama, The Last Exorcism is shot documentary style and focuses more on a character who isn't being possessed or even close to the possessed. At 87 minutes you won't feel like you've wasted too much time, but I was left expecting another 10 or so minutes.
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reviewed by AlexTerrazas (Filmaster.com) on the 21st of March 2011
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The film usurps the documentary format in a manner that is progressing from standard to rote, but it features an intriguing show within a show that, coupled with an excellent aesthetic and strong characters, engaged me until the third act. Unfortunately the film seems to have played all of its cards before the twist, and the closing scenes merely deliver on the scripts promises without exceeding them, which does not make for a particularly thrilling conclusion.