Review: Just like the battle between good and evil, ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ is a little uneven

Despite the star power in its leading man Russell Crowe, The Pope’s Exorcist isn’t quite an instantly classic horror flick in the vein of something like The Conjuring, but it still makes for a solid – if slightly forgettable – time at the theater, which contains plenty of frights that may catch even the most grizzled of horror film veterans off-guard. 

Crowe plays Father Gabriele Amorth, the titular real-world priest who served as the chief exorcist of the Vatican until he passed away in 2016, whose files and stories served as the inspiration. Despite the macabre tone and supernatural nature of the film, Crowe’s character brings some refreshing levity to the long-tried and tested “priest vs. demon” trope. Watching an often-skeptical Amorth crack jokes while literally speaking with evil incarnate goes a long way to put a new coat of paint on big screen depictions of exorcisms. 

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