You can only defeat it when you believe.
| Cast |
Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini |
| Director |
Mickael Håfström |
| Screenplay | Michael Petroni, based on the book by Matt Baglio |
| Music | Alex Heffes |
| Cinematography | Ben Davis |
| Editing | David Rosenbloom |
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| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | New Line Cinema, Contrafilm, Fletcher & Company |
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| Genre | Horror, drama |
| Language | Some |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Strong religious issues |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Boston Globe | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Amanda de Lange  Glo maar in Hopkins | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Frank Scheck Rite gets it wrong | 5 | |
| Box Office Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Even if Hopkins completists support it, word of mouth will seriously douse this ceremonial flame. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert I admire The Rite because while it delivers what I suppose should be called horror, it is atmospheric, its cinematography is eerie and evocative, and the actors enrich it. | 15 |  |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson A turgid thriller that only comes to life in the few moments when Anthony Hopkins becomes possessed by the spirit of Anthony Hopkins in much better movies. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli To the extent that The Rite aims to differentiate itself from The Exorcist, it does a passable job. | 13 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Hafstrom relies on atmosphere to scare us. He shouldn't have. It doesn't. By the end, The Rite goes wrong in every way. | 5 | |
| ScreenIt T. Durgin It's a mixed blessing. | 11 | |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 127 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Anthony Hopkins is as excellent as ever, but he's no match for The Rite's dawdling pace and lack of chills -- or Colin O'Donoghue's tentative performance in the leading role | 4 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 3459 Netizens | 12 | |
Average .. 41% | 8 | |