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
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Average Rating:8.2/10
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.
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Top CriticWorks best when it concentrates on O'Grady and the ever-rippling effect of his transgressions.
11/09/06
Top CriticNo 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
Top CriticDeliver 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.
11/02/06
Top CriticA stunning indictment of institutional betrayal. It plays like a Catholic Watergate, going right to the top with hard evidence that stuns, dismays and sickens.
10/27/06
Top CriticThe church declined to comment to Berg. Her film speaks volumes about its silence -- and about a wrong that can never be righted.
10/27/06
Top CriticWhat truly sets Deliver Us from Evil apart from other documentaries is interviews with the monster himself.
10/27/06
Top CriticEven people who reject the idea of inherent evil may be shaken by Berg's scrupulous yet passionate recounting of the story of Oliver O'Grady.
10/27/06
Top CriticDeals with emotionally charged material, so it should surprise no one that it includes one of the most wrenching moments ever captured on film.
10/27/06
Top CriticAfter watching this film, you will believe that evil exists on earth. That the movie deals in truth and established facts makes it all the more disturbing.
10/27/06
Top CriticIf Berg's movie were a newspaper story, it would win the Pulitzer Prize for public service.
10/26/06
Top CriticIt 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.
10/19/06
Top CriticOne of the best and most important documentaries you’ll ever see.
10/17/06
Top CriticA literally stunning documentary.
10/13/06
Top CriticThis superb documentary about the Catholic Church's worst pedophile scandal is in many ways far scarier than any fiction.
10/13/06
Top CriticO'Grady appears in the film, his face showing no sign of shame even as he acknowledges and describes the awful things he did.
10/13/06
Top CriticGrander statements aren't needed when the specific indictments are so plentiful and so horrifying.
10/13/06
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 CriticDeliver 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
Top CriticBerg, a veteran of both CBS News and CNN, carefully and calmly assembles a devastating case against church officials' mendacity.
10/12/06
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