The Devils

Dear International | Release Date: July 16, 1971

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Ratings

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TrailesqueApr 13, 2022

As extreme, disturbing, and blasphemous a film as has ever been made, the Devils does deserve its place in cinematic history. It is like Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights in cinematic form. But is it an enjoyable film to watch?As extreme, disturbing, and blasphemous a film as has ever been made, the Devils does deserve its place in cinematic history. It is like Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights in cinematic form. But is it an enjoyable film to watch? Well . . . it certainly deserves respect for going over the top and then some, and for Jarman's sets, Davies's music, Shirley Russell's costumes, Watkin's cinematography, and the many fine performances. Often the shocking stuff seems to be there primarily to shock and grab you by the collar, et cetera. I am not at all sure I want to sit through it again - but it is unique and unforgettable, that is for sure!… Expand

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JLuis_001Apr 5, 2021

The scope and ambition are of a spectacular level, I have no complaints about it.
The ending with Gemma Jones walking on the ruins of the city is one of the best I've seen because of how powerful it feels.
However, my problem lies in howThe scope and ambition are of a spectacular level, I have no complaints about it.
The ending with Gemma Jones walking on the ruins of the city is one of the best I've seen because of how powerful it feels.

However, my problem lies in how it's necessary to focus on the ideology of the time of its release in order to understand why it was such a provocative story.
Because The Devils is a very captivating film, but it's also one that forces that element too much, almost forcing itself to feel transgressive just because the sake of it. And as necessary as it was in its time to break those restrictions, today I cannot ignore that this story has a compulsion to make an impact, to shock rather than to disclose something more significant.

I recommend it because technically it fascinated me.
Its imperfect and somewhat flawed writing is inconvenient, but I can be flexible.… Expand

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