The Devil Inside
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 6, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
40
EmpireWilliam ThomasMar 12, 2012
Even with The Exorcist in the world, there is still scope for a contemporary, shocking and thrilling film to be made on the subject of possession. But this is not it: some found footage should really just stay lost. Read full review
40
Time OutMatt SingerJan 6, 2012
Whatever possessed Bell & Co. to turn a slow-burning creepfest into a frenzied freak show of multiple exorcisms (including one in a moving car), the devil only knows. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisJan 6, 2012
While this religio-horror effort does contain some nice scares, and a memorably unnerving turn from Crowley, The Devil Inside's biggest shock arrives when it abruptly ends - just as it hits its stride. The result is a found-footage movie whose third act remains missing. Read full review
40
MovielineAlison WillmoreJan 6, 2012
The reality of The Devil Inside is that it's a half-hearted patchwork of ideas blatantly lifted from better films, with characters who have to act increasingly foolish in order to allow the action to go forward and an ending so anticlimactic and abrupt that the audience at the screening I attended erupted in enraged boos as the credits rolled. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterJan 6, 2012
All hell breaks loose and it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonJan 6, 2012
Despite the palpable air of deja vu that hangs over it like a light fog, The Devil Inside generates a fair amount of suspense during sizable swaths of its familiar but serviceable exorcism-centric scenario. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoJan 6, 2012
The mother/daughter drama should have played a bigger part in this film as the 87-minute runtime passes quickly and leaves us feeling utterly short-changed. Read full review
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