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Deliver Us From Evil

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Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 67 Fresh: 67  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10
 
Consensus: A superb documentary and a searing look at a religious institution. Deliver Us From Evil is a superb documentary and a searing look at an institution protecting its leaders at the expense of its followers. A profoundly disturbing chronicle of a wolf in sheep's clothing, the film builds a clear-eyed case against pedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, and the Catholic bureaucracy that protected him. The recollections of O’Grady's victims are nothing short of shocking and heartbreaking. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Theatrical Release: 30-03-2007
Synopsis:
Director Amy Berg helms this shocking documentary, which looks at the activities of a priest named Oliver O'Grady. O'Grady had been identified by the Catholic church as a pedophile, but they allowed him to continue to work and molest children throughout the 1970s. Berg draws on interview... [More]
Director Amy Berg helms this shocking documentary, which looks at the activities of a priest named Oliver O'Grady. O'Grady had been identified by the Catholic church as a pedophile, but they allowed him to continue to work and molest children throughout the 1970s. Berg draws on interview footage of O'Grady and his victims to tell the unsettling tale. [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Amy Berg
Producer: Amy Berg, Frank Donner, Hermas Lassalle, Matthew Cooke

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Ending
  • Audio Commentary - Amy Berg - Director; Matthew Cooke - Producer
  • Deleted Scenes - With Optional Audio Commentary
  • Featurette - 1. Filmmaker's Insight
  • 2. Maria Jyonos Addresses Amy Berg
  • 3. Oliver O'Grady Speaks to Camerman
  • 4. Systemic Problem
  • 5. Father Doyle On The History of Celibacy
  • 6. O'Grady Imagines an Average Day in School
  • 7. O'Grady Deposition
  • Interviews

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This is a powerful film that will horrify you and make you angry, if you dare to see it.

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07/26/07 12:34 PM
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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Um relato avassalador sobre a demagogia dos altos escalões da Igreja Católica, que prefere proteger seus interesses corporativos a impedir abusos contra crianças.

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05/15/07 12:06 AM
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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A sobering look at paedophilia in the Catholic Church, Amy Berg's gripping documentary reveals disturbing facts, but even more disturbingly, about its cover up.

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05/13/07 01:29 AM
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05/03/07 03:15 AM
Ian Grey
Orlando Weekly
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03/10/07 05:42 AM
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Although each story is compelling, among the most heart-wrenching may be that of the Japanese-Irish couple who welcomed the new parish priest, who often slept over at their house, and who now feel responsible for letting the wolf in their door.

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03/09/07 03:58 PM
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A riveting, emotionally charged and startling big-screen experience. But it does more than just deliver to filmgoers. It may find a Holy Grail of real societal change for a larger constituency.

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03/01/07 03:37 AM
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International
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Berg's portrait of a sociopath is as chilling as any in recent memory.

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01/31/07 04:30 PM
Michelle Orange
Reeler
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Deliver Us Evil is more terrifying than any horror movie, because it's about something that really happened.

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12/15/06 03:03 PM
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Some films make you think, some make you cry, and others make you cringe. "Deliver Us From Evil," which catalogs the destruction caused by a child-molesting Catholic priest, inspires all three reactions.

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12/14/06 04:51 AM
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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[Amy] Berg has crafted a disturbing and well-made documentary that sheds additional light on this continuously unfolding scandal.

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12/13/06 08:40 AM
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews
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Berg makes a compelling case that this is THE scandal of an American generation.

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11/15/06 03:17 AM
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
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Watching Amy Berg's powerful documentary Deliver Us from Evil is a wrenching experience; her subjects reveal to the camera almost unbearable levels of anguish, and its audience walks away feeling both numbness and rage.

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11/10/06 03:38 PM
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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A compelling piece of journalism arguing O'Grady is one of hundreds of 'sexualized' priests shielded by an absolute bureaucracy that's been corrupted absolutely.

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11/10/06 03:35 PM
Mike Russell
Oregonian
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Devastating.

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11/10/06 12:04 PM
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly
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A documentary with the power to affect even the most jaded of moviegoers.

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11/10/06 09:13 AM
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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It is a heartbreaking story of betrayed trust, broken faith and the misuse of privilege.

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11/09/06 05:59 PM
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Works best when it concentrates on O'Grady and the ever-rippling effect of his transgressions.

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11/09/06 04:21 PM
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Certainly doesn't want for sensationalistic subject matter, but the real impact comes from the methodical, steady compilation of evidence ... a queasy must-see.

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11/09/06 04:14 PM
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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Whatever name you want to call O'Grady, he is fascinating and frightening.

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11/09/06 02:43 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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