Pope's Exorcist, The

The Pope's Exorcist

Credits
Title:	The Pope's Exorcist
Director:	Julius Avery
Writers:	Michael Petroni; Evan Spiliotopoulos; R. Dean McCreary; Chester Hastings; Jeff Katz
Producers:	Edward J. Siebert; Macdara Kelleher; Sophie Cassidy; Jo Homewood; Michael Patrick Kaczmarek; Doug Belgrad; Jeff Katz
Composer:	Jed Kurzel
Cinematography:	Khalid Mohtaseb
Editors:	Matt Evans
Production
Production company:	Screen Gems 2.0 Entertainment Loyola Productions
Distributed by:	Screen Gems
Released:	April 5th, 2023 April 14th, 2023
Rating:	R
Running time:	103 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Pope's Exorcist is an American feature film of the demonic possession subgenre of horror and is inspired by actual events. It was directed by Julius Avery with a screenplay written by Michael Petroni, Evan Spiliotopoulos, R. Dean McCreary, Chester Hastings and Jeff Katz. It was produced by Screen Gems, 2.0 Entertainment and Loyola Productions. It was released in Europe on April 5th, 2023. It premiered in the United States & Canada on April 14th, 2023. The film stars Russell Crowe as a hyperbolized version of Father Gabriel Amorth of the Vatican - a man devoted towards kicking every ass in the room until he saves your soul! Taking up the role of "Robin" to Father Gabriel's "Batman" is Daniel Zovatto as Father Esquibel. That's right boys ad girls... the Power of POPE Compels You!

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Cast[]

Actor	Role
Russell Crowe	Father Gabriel Amorth
Daniel Zovatto	Father Esquibel
Alex Essoe	Julia Vasquez
Franco Nero	The Pope
Peter DeSouza-Feighoney	Henry Vasquez
Laurel Marsden	Amy Vasquez
Cornell John	Bishop Lumumba
Ryan O'Grady	Cardinal Sullivan
Bianca Bardoe	Rosaria
Santi Bayón	Roberto Vasquez, IV
Paloma Bloyd	Interpreter
Alessandro Gruttadauria	Father Gianni
River Hawkins	Enzo/Halphas
Jordi Collet	Carlos
Carrie Munro	Adella
Marc Velasco	Worker 1
Edward Harper Jones	Young Amorth
Matthew Sim	Cardinal Abato
Victor Solé	Spanish doctor
Tom Bonington	Vatican doctor
Andrea Dugoni	Drunken farmer
Ed White	Nazi soldier
Laila Barwick	Daughter
Geno Diana	Italian priest
Pablo Raybould	Bishop Barbuto
Ralph Ineson	Asmodeus

Notes & Trivia[]

This film is by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican. It is based on Amorth's books An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories.
There are a total of twenty-six credited cast members in this film. Twenty-five are on-screen actors with one voice actor.
Principal filming on The Pope's Exorcist began in August, 2020 and concluded in October, 2020. The movie was shot in parts of Rome, Italy and Dublin, Ireland.
The Pope's Exorcist came in at number 2 at the box office during its April 14th weekend with $3.465,715, narrowly beating out Renfield, which debuted that same week at $3,185,120. Number 1 at the box office was The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was in its second week. Another horror film, Scream 6 came in at #11 with $441,912, having already been in theaters for five weeks.
The Pope's Exorcist was released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on June 13th, 2023 by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Executive producer Eddie Siebert is credited as Edward J. Siebert in this film.
Actor Edward Harper-Jones, who plays a young Gabriele Amorth in flashback, is credited as Edward Harper Jones in this film. This is Edward's first feature film work and his first work in the horror genre.
Actor Gennaro Diana, who plays an Italian priest, is credited as Geno Diana in this film. This is Geno's first American produced film work. It is his second work in the horror genre. He also appeared in the 2006 film The Last House in the Woods, also known by the title Il bosco fuori.
This movie was released theatrically in the U.S. on the same day as the nationwide release of Renfield.
Actress Alex Essoe, who plays Julia in this film, is also known for playing Wendy Torrance in 2019 film Doctor Sleep, which is a sequel to the 1980 film The Shining by director Stanley Kubrick. In The Shining, the role of Wendy Torrance was portrayed by actress Shelley Duvall.
As of May, 2023, The Pope's Exorcist has a rating score of 6.1 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database based on more than 32,000 ratings.
On the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, The Pope's Exorcist has a Tomatometer rating of 51% based on eighty-seven approved critic reviews. It has forty-four positive reviews, and forty-three negative reviews, averaging 5.10 out of 10. It has an audience score of 81% base on more than five-hundred verified ratings, averaging 4.1 out of 5. There is a 30% variance between the critics' score and the audience score.
On Letterboxd, The Pope's Exorcist has a weighted average of 2.72 out of 5 based on 41,163 user ratings.
On Metacritic, The Pope's Exorcist has a Metascore of 45 out of 100 based on 19 critic reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. It has a user score of 5.6 out of 10 based on 47 ratings. It has 20 positive reviews, 12 negative reviews, and 15 mixed reviews.

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