History Film / TheExorcismOfEmilyRose

** While sentencing is accurately shown to be scheduled for a later date, the defense requests, ''and gets'' immediate sentencing, which is very rare as sentencing is a complicated matter. The fact that the jury is immediately allowed to weigh in is also unusual, as is the judge going for their suggestion of "time served" without a second thought. (In the real case, the prosecution had recommended no one be jailed, and merely wanted the priest fined while the parents were exempted from jail time under German penal law for "suffering enough.")

The story is told in flashbacks after Father Richard Moore (Creator/TomWilkinson), the priest who performed the exorcism and oversaw Emily's care, is arrested on charges of negligent homicide. The flashbacks are told from various perspectives, each providing [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a spiritual or medical reason]] for her condition and death. In an interesting twist, Father Moore is represented by an agnostic attorney, Erin Brunner (Creator/LauraLinney), and is prosecuted by a churchgoing Methodist, Ethan Thomas (Campbell Scott). Over the course of the trial, the jury and audience is asked to consider the possibility that Emily may have been possessed, and Erin is forced to confront her own beliefs regarding spirituality and morality.

* OhCrap: A ''horse'' of all things gives a look that says this when Emily says that she is possessed by [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] himself after naming all the other demons.

* OhCrap: A ''horse'' of all people gives a look that says this when Emily says that she is possessed by [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] himself.

* OhCrap: A 'horse' of all people gives a look that says this when Emily says that she is possessed by [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] himself.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The premise of the film.

* HollywoodExorcism: As usual the exorcism is dramatized.

** While sentencing is accurately shown to be scheduled for a later date, the defense requests, ''and gets'' immediate sentencing, which is very rare as sentencing is a complicated matter. The fact that the jury is immediately allowed to weigh in is also unusual, as is the judge going for their suggestion of "time served" without a second thought.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The real Anneliese Michel suffered from severe mental problems and epilepsy, stopped taking her medication and regularly starved herself. Her "exorcists", along with her parents, were convicted of negligent homicide after her death.

* HollywoodLaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhAcTYgwsnM

The story is told in flashbacks after Father Richard Moore (Creator/TomWilkinson), the priest who performed the exorcism and oversaw Emily's care, is arrested on charges of negligent homicide. The flashbacks are told from various perspectives, each providing [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a spiritual or medical reason]] for her condition and death. In an interesting twist, Father Moore is represented by an agnostic attorney, Erin Brunner (Laura Linney), and is prosecuted by a churchgoing Methodist, Ethan Thomas (Campbell Scott). Over the course of the trial, the jury and audience is asked to consider the possibility that Emily may have been possessed, and Erin is forced to confront her own beliefs regarding spirituality and morality.

''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' is a 2005 horror/drama film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1976, performed on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel Anneliese Michel]]. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

The story is told in flashbacks after the priest who performed the exorcism and oversaw Emily's care is arrested on charges of negligent homicide. The flashbacks are told from various perspectives, each providing [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a spiritual or medical reason]] for her condition and death. In an interesting twist, the priest, Father Moore, is represented by an agnostic attorney, Erin Brunner, and is prosecuted by a churchgoing Methodist, Ethan Thomas. Over the course of the trial, the jury and audience is asked to consider the possibility that Emily may have been possessed, and Erin is forced to confront her own beliefs regarding spirituality and morality.

''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' is a 2005 horror/drama film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel Anneliese Michel]]. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

'''''The Exorcism of Emily Rose''''' is a 2005 horror/drama film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel Anneliese Michel]]. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

'''''The Exorcism of Emily Rose''''' is a 2005 horror/thriller film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel Anneliese Michel]]. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Downplayed in that the prosecuting attorney is a devout Methodist but the religious aspect of the story is portrayed from the perspective of Father Moore and Emily Rose, both devoutly Catholic, and makes strong use of Catholic imagery and theology.

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: In one scene Emily speaks with the voices of many demons, who claim to have possessed multiple well-known criminals, murderers or traitors like Judas. One may wonder why they go after a normal girl, but the truth is different from its toned down adaptation. In Anneliese's case demons weren't claiming they possessed those people, they claimed to ''be'' them, aside from the one who claimed to be [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

* TheRashomon: Happens as the prosecuting attorney attempts to refute the fantastic claims made by the defense witnesses. To highlight this, the defense flashbacks have a horrifying and stylized look while the prosecution flashbacks have a grim, but more realistic look. Interestingly, the film's script was co-written by a Christian and an agnostic, so the two versions of the flashbacks could be said to represent the two writers' different views.

* TheCastShowOff: The filmmakers saved a lot of money on special effects when Creator/JenniferCarpenter pointed out she could do all those weird poses herself.

* TheCastShowOff: The filmmakers saved a lot of money on special effects when JenniferCarpenter pointed out she could do all those weird poses herself.

'''''The Exorcism of Emily Rose''''' is a 2005 horror/thriller film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on Anneliese Michel. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' is a 2005 horror/thriller film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on Anneliese Michel. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are helping or interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

!Tropes:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was originally supposed to be a period piece, but the budget constraints convinced the director to have the story take place in modern times.

''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' is a 2005 horror/thriller film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on Anneliese Michel. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who suffers problems of a sufficiently ill-defined nature, that medicine and later an actual exorcism fail to cure. The movie refuses to make an explicit statement on whether the problems are psychotic or demonic, and whether the medicine and exorcism are actually helping or perhaps even interfering with one another. Her questions unanswered, Emily eventually dies from self-injury and malnutrition.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Subverted in that the prosecuting attorney is a devout Methodist; however,the religious aspect of the story is portrayed from the perspective of Father Moore and Emily Rose, both devoutly Catholic, and makes strong use of Catholic imagery and theology.

* HollywoodExorcism: Played very straight.

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: In one scene Emily speaks with the voices of many demons, who claim to have possessed multiple well-known criminals, murderers or traitors like Judas. One may wonder why they go after a normal girl, but the truth is different from its toned down adaptation. In Anneliese's case demons weren't claiming they possessed those people, they claimed to ''be'' them. Aside from the one who claimed to be [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Emily.
* TheRashomon: Happens as the prosecuting attorney attempts to refute the fantastic claims made by the defense witnesses. To highlight this, the defense flashbacks having a very horrifying and stylized look while the prosecution flashbacks have a grim, but more realistic look. Interestingly, the film's script was co-written by a Christian and an agnostic, so the two versions of the flashbacks could be said to represent the two writers' different views.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was originally supposed to be a period piece, but the budget constraints convinced the director to have the story take place in modern times

The story is told in flashbacks after the priest who performed the exorcism and oversaw Emily's care is arrested on charges of negligent homicide. The flashbacks are told from various perspectives, each providing a spiritual or medical reason for her condition and death. In an interesting twist, the priest, Father Moore, is represented by an agnostic attorney, Erin Brunner, and is prosecuted by a churchgoing Methodist, Ethan Thomas. Over the course of the trial, the jury and audience is asked to consider the possibility that Emily may have been possessed, and Erin is forced to confront her own beliefs regarding spirituality and morality.

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: In one scene Emily speaks as demons, who claim to have possessed multiple well-known criminals, murderers or traitors like Judas. One may wonder why they go after normal girl, but the truth is it's toned down adaptation. In Anneliese case demons weren't claiming the possessed those people, they claimed to be them. Aside the one who claimed to be [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

* MadnessMantra: "''Onetwothreefourfivesix onetwothreefourfivesix....''" [[TrilingualBonus In English, Latin, and Aramaic at that.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: A scene describing one of Emily's first "attacks" describes her waking up in bed, unable to move, as she starts seeing strange things while finding it incredibly difficult to breathe, and feeling incredibly frightened. These are all symptoms of Sleep Paralysis.

''The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' is a 2005 horror/thriller film that is loosely based on a Roman Catholic Church exorcism in 1979, performed on Anneliese Michel. It concerns the story of Emily Rose, a 19-year-old college student who becomes possessed by demons and eventually dies after an attempted exorcism from self-injury and malnutrition.