Deliver Us From Evil
2006
1,180
Documentary
A documentary about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal. FROM DIRECTOR AMY BERG: Just a year and a half ago, after spending over four years on the same story for CNN and CBS before that, a pedophile priest named Oliver O'Grady decided he would participate in the film I wanted to make. It became Deliver Us From Evil -- the story from inside the sickest mind possible, the secrets that were meant to stay in the private files and crypts of ... [+]
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United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "Courageous, shattering and exceptional documentary." | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "Clear-sighted, tough-minded and devastating, a portrait of individual criminality and institutional indifference, a study in the betrayal of trust and the irresponsibility of authority." | POS |
Canada | The Globe and Mail | "Another angry, searching document about pedophile priests, Deliver Us from Evil makes for unexpectedly gripping drama." | POS |
United States | New York Post | "This superb documentary about the Catholic Church's worst pedophile scandal is in many ways far scarier than any fiction." | POS |
United States | SFGATE | "The spellbinding power of this almost certain Oscar nominee for best documentary comes from its chilling subject matter." | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "It isn't often you get to meet the devil in all his glory, but here he is in 'Deliver Us From Evil', and his name is Father Oliver O'Grady." | POS |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "With an immediacy and intimacy that news reports can't provide, this deeply affecting documentary explores the pedophile crisis that has shaken the edifice of the Catholic Church." | POS |
United States | ReelViews | "With 'Deliver Us from Evil', Berg has been uncompromising in the picture she paints. She pulls no punches and makes no apologies." | POS |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "'Deliver Us From Evil' has a few things wrong with it, including an egregious musical score, but without resorting to sucker punches, it takes your breath away while making your skin crawl." | POS |
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