1. Rite True Story vs. Movie - Real Michael Kovak, Father Lucas Trevant
Yes. According to The Rite true story, Father Gary Thomas, who is portrayed by actor Colin O'Donoghue in the movie, attended exorcism classes, among others ...
The real story behind The Rite movie. Meet the real father Michael Kovak and reporter Matt Baglio.
2. The Rite (2011) – WTF Really Happened to This Horror Movie?
16 jan 2024 · The 2011 exorcism film The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins, claims to be based on a true story – so we're looking into WTF really happened.
The 2011 exorcism film The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins, claims to be based on a true story - so we're looking into WTF really happened
3. 'The Rite' is based on a real priest trained in exorcism
27 jan 2011 · 'The Rite' is based on a real priest trained in exorcism ... For the last four years, Father Gary Thomas has served at the Sacred Heart parish in ...
'The Rite' is based on a real priest trained in exorcism
4. The Real Story Behind 10 "Based On A True Story" Horror Films
1 nov 2014 · 10. The Rite The pitch: This 2011 film, in which Colin O'Donoghue's disillusioned seminary student is an apprentice exorcist to Anthony Hopkins.
There is being flexible with the truth...and then there is movie marketing.
5. 'Suggested' by a true story: The Rite reviewed | Salt + Light Media
Expectations lowered a little. When the movie started, the words “Suggested by the book: The Rite” came up. Not 'inspired by' or 'based on'…
Yesterday I attended the pre-release media screening of the new exorcism movie The Rite. After reading the synopsis of the book it was based on, I went in with fairly high hopes, thinking that this might be a little more educational or insightful than past Hollywood takes on the subject.
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As I entered the theatre with my wife, we were greeted by studio interns who sat at a table with holy water bottles beside rubber lizards. Expectations lowered a little. When the movie started, the words “Suggested by the book: The Rite” came up. Not 'inspired by' or 'based on'…just the 'suggestion' of the book was how they would link this movie to the real-life account. My expectations of this being insightful were lowered again.
We spent the next 90 minutes following Michael, a bright young seminarian who is ready to leave the seminary due to a lack of faith. After a talk (and financial threat) by his superior, he is sent to Rome to take a new exorcism course at the Vatican. In class he plays the role of the skeptic, seek...
6. The Real Horror Story behind "The Rite"
2 dec 2014 · The movie was actually based on real events. There aren't many priests who are trained as an exorcist, making Father Gary Thomas one of the unique few.
The Real Horror Story behind "The Rite"
7. The devil is in the diagnosis movie review (2011) - Roger Ebert
26 jan 2011 · The movie is based on the actual experiences of Father Gary Thomas, a California priest who was assigned by his bishop to study exorcism at the Vatican.
See Ebert's video review at www.ebertpresents.com
8. The Rite (2011) - Decent Films
The film is loosely inspired by journalist Matt Baglio's nonfiction book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, which documents the training of a real ...
In some ways, Mikael Håfström’s new film reminds me less of recent exorcism films than of the sort of movie that Terence Fisher made for Hammer Films in the late 1950s and 1960s, movies like The Devil Rides Out and the 1958 Dracula. If Father Lucas, an unconventional veteran exorcist working in Rome, had been played by Hammer icon Christopher Lee instead of Anthony Hopkins, he would have been right at home.
9. 'The Rite': Exorcism in the Movies - National Catholic Register
28 jan 2011 · A few recent films, including Scott Derrickson's The Exorcism of Emily Rose, have taken the genre in a more restrained, realistic direction, and ...
New film offers the most realistic, orthodox Hollywood depiction to date.
10. The Real Stories Behind All Those Exorcism Movies
9 jul 2014 · The newest entry in the demon-possession horror genre, Deliver Us From Evil (out now) says it's based on a true story.
Just in time for the release of Deliver Us From Evil, a look how true all those demon possession movies really are
11. Anthony Hopkins one of the few thing right about 'The Rite' - The Lantern
29 jan 2011 · “The Rite” is a film inspired by true events, based off of Matt Baglio's “The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist.” The fact that the ...
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12. The Rite (Film, 2011) - MovieMeter.nl
Nou lijkt me wel aardig, zie ik in de trailer staan Inspired by a true story. Werkt toch wel een beetje op de lachspieren. Trailer ook maar niet verder gekeken, ...
Drama / Horror film geregisseerd door Mikael Håfström. Met Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue en Alice Braga.
13. The Rite | Rotten Tomatoes
Though he is filled with doubt about the subject, seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) finds he must attend a Vatican school of exorcism.
Though he is filled with doubt about the subject, seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) finds he must attend a Vatican school of exorcism. Believing possession to be the work of a troubled mind rather than actual demons, hel urges his superiors to look for answers in psychiatry. Then Michael becomes the apprentice of Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), a veteran exorcist, and encounters a terrifying force that causes him to question everything he believes.
14. 'The Rite' Gets It All Wrong | Arts - The Harvard Crimson
31 jan 2011 · The film is based on the book “The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist” by journalist Matt Baglio, who shadowed an American Catholic ...
While the film was intended to challenge the negative stereotypes about exorcism created and perpetuated by contemporary culture and cinema, because it constantly falls back upon horror clichés, the movie accomplishes the exact opposite—reinforcing the very perceptions it was intended to combat.
15. The Rite – review | Movies | The Guardian
24 feb 2011 · This cornball tale of demonic possession is "inspired by true events", "suggested by" a book by Matt Baglio and almost certainly prompted by ...
Xan Brooks: Even Anthony Hopkins in fine scenery-eating form can't save this pompous demonic possession flick based on 'true events'
16. Exorcism for everyone – The Rite (2011) Review | Budapest Reporter
22 okt 2021 · While “The Rite” took place in Rome, a good chunk of the film was shot in Budapest, Hungary. The real priest the story was based on, Father Gary ...
Much to my disappointment, this wasn’t the horror film I set myself to see but it was still worth because of Anthony Hopkins.
17. The Rite (2011) - Christian Spotlight on the Movies - Christian Answers
As with most of these exorcism-type films, it is again the Roman Catholic Church that is called upon to handle the situation, and everything seems to work out ...
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18. “The Rite” (A Nickell-odeon Review) | Center for Inquiry
2 feb 2011 · The Rite (2011) is yet one more of those based-on-a-true-story movies that really isn't. (For example, nothing remotely like the head ...
What possessed Warner Brothers?
19. The Rite Movie Review | Common Sense Media
28 jun 2024 · Parents need to know that this horror drama centered on exorcisms (and supposedly "based on true events") pales in comparison -- both in ...
Demonic horror tale is disturbing, but no Exorcist. Read Common Sense Media's The Rite review, age rating, and parents guide.
20. Review: THE RITE - Fangoria
17 mei 2019 · THE RITE (2011). Last Updated on March 16, 2024 by Michael ... movie's true-life basis. Here again, hopes went up, then down; I was ...
Editor's Note: This was originally published for FANGORIA on May 17, 2011, and we're proud to share it as part of The Gingold Files.
21. The Rite (Film) - TV Tropes
A 2011 movie based on Matt Baglio's book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist. It follows a reluctant, sceptical exorcist.
A 2011 movie based on Matt Baglio's book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist. It follows a reluctant, sceptical exorcist. It stars Colin O'Donoghue as Michael, a young seminarian who is doubting his faith, and Anthony Hopkins as Father …
