It cries from and for the hearts of victims and leaves its viewers moved, shattered, outraged. And impotent in the face of the ugliness visited on the souls of good and innocent people.
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10/19/06
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:4
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.6/10
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
Reviews for Deliver Us From Evil
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticNeither 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 CriticIt's hard to imagine even devout Catholics coming away from the film without a sense of rage at a religion that appears to value members of the priesthood over the well-being of children.
10/11/06
Top CriticDeliver Us From Evil is a haunting portrait of a profoundly benighted man, the lives he shattered and the institution that repeatedly protected him -- and itself -- at the cost of children's safety.
10/11/06
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