Russell Crowe will have to exorcise his reputation after this Vatican possession melodrama

You can find horror movies a lot better than The Pope’s Exorcist, but in an increasingly stale exorcism subgenre, you can absolutely do worse as well – and Russel Crowe’s Italian accent is unintentionally hilarious.

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Movie review: In ‘The Pope’s Exorcist,’ Russell Crowe plays Father Gabriele Amorth, a real-life Italian priest who served as the Vatican’s chief exorcist for years. The actor has fun with the role, but the movie is bland and not scary.

The true story of Father Gabriele Amorth gets a Conjuring-style makeover

‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ stars the Oscar-winning actor as Father Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist who squares off against the devil.

Russell Crowe has made many films better than "The Pope's Exorcist," and a few one could label as objectively "worse." But he's never made a more cynical movie, a shameless late-career grasp at that which he eschewed back when the offers were more plentiful -- a "franchise." He and the creative team behind this thriller…

Movie review, 'The Pope's Exorcist': Russell Crowe's light-on-its-feet performance is a bright spot this absurd, blood-drenched movie.

What if the Pope...had an exorcist?

Movie review: In ‘The Pope’s Exorcist,’ Russell Crowe plays Father Gabriele Amorth, a real-life Italian priest who served as the Vatican’s chief exorcist for years. The actor has fun with the role, but the movie is bland and not scary.

The Exorcist rerun as a Tiktok video is a papal potboiler saved from eternal damnation by Crowe, who is no doubt eyeing a late-career franchise

Russell Crowe plays a priest charged by the Vatican with driving out demons in Julius Avery's underwhelming religious horror.

Russell Crowe nails an Italian accent and various demons in this enjoyably silly cousin of William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic

As a heavily fictionalized Father Gabriele Amorth, Russell Crowe props up Julius Avery's 'The Pope's Exorcist' until its high-Catholic-camp finale.

Russell Crowe stars as a burly, wisecracking priest doing battle with demons.

Russell Crowe stars as a real-life exorcist. Read Empire's review.

The Pope’s Exorcist, which stars Russell Crowe as an Italian priest, is silly and ridiculous and perfectly aware of how to sell that, so when the movie teases 199 sequels, it deserves every last one of them.

The Pope's Exorcist review: Not even the power of Russell Crowe should compel you to see this

The Pope’s Exorcist is based on the stories of the Vatican’s Chief Exorcist, but the film’s climactic horror show puts paid to any hint of subtlety.

The Pope's Exorcist movie review - Russell Crowe is absolved from generic exorcism horror movie based on real life exorcist Gabriele Amorth

In the pantheon of demonic possession films, “The Pope’s Exorcist” gives audiences something new: Russell Crowe doing a ludicrous Italian accent. He plays Father Gabriele Amorth, the late Vatican chief exorcist, in this howler of a film.