A literally stunning documentary.
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10/13/06
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:68
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
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... [More]
Director: Amy Berg
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05/18/07
Neither sensationalistic nor sentimental, Ms. Berg's film is 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.
10/12/06
Top Critic[A] blood-boiling documentary.
09/23/06
Certainly doesn't want for sensationalistic subject matter, but the real impact comes from the methodical, steady compilation of evidence ... a queasy must-see.
11/09/06
...a riveting, horrifying documentary...
10/12/06
Deliver Us Evil is more terrifying than any horror movie, because it's about something that really happened.
12/15/06
It is a heartbreaking story of betrayed trust, broken faith and the misuse of privilege.
11/09/06
The wrenching documentary Deliver Us From Evil explores the mind of a pedophile as it accuses the Catholic Church of failing to protect children.
10/27/06
If Berg's movie were a newspaper story, it would win the Pulitzer Prize for public service.
10/26/06
Whatever name you want to call O'Grady, he is fascinating and frightening.
11/09/06
Deliver Us From Evil will shake you to your marrow. It should be seen by people of all faiths and by anyone concerned about the wellbeing of children.
10/12/06
No report I have seen takes us so disturbingly inside the mind of the abuser as Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil.
11/09/06
O'Grady's ongoing inability to comprehend what he's done or even what happened to him underscores the film's most terrible truth: The cycle of abuse is ongoing.
11/09/06
It's a howl of rage and a keen-eyed study of a subject that, unfortunately, never stops being news: the way institutional power acts as a shield under whose cover the strong can abuse the weak.
10/12/06
The movie is a litany of victims and a chilling indictment.
10/27/06
The Catholic Church is portrayed as any large corporation trying to cover up its misdeeds. Even Enron is mentioned by comparison.
11/07/06
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