The Devils
Dear International | Release Date: July 16, 1971 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
No matter how thickly Russell piles on the masturbating nuns, tortured priests and dissolute dauphins, there's no getting round the fact that it's all more redolent of a camp revue than a cathartic vision. Derek Jarman's sets, however, still look terrific. Read full review
60
EmpireJake Hamilton
Whatever the moral perspective, it keeps you gripped right to the end. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
As if the story alone weren’t bizarre enough, Russell has spared nothing in hyping the historic events by stressing the grisly at the expense of dramatic unity. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The set design, by future director Derek Jarman, is probably the most successful element of the film. Read full review
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
It's a see-through movie composed of a lot of clanking, silly, melodramatic effects that, like rib-tickling, exhaust you without providing particular pleasure, to say nothing of enlightenment. Read full review
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