Moving from one parish to another in Northern California during the 1970s, Father Oliver O'Grady quickly won each congregation's trust and respect. Unbeknownst to them, O'Grady was a dangerously activ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
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January 26, 2009A powerful and thought provoking piece of work that tackles the hypocrisy of not religion, but organised religion. It is disturbing and will stay with any viewer long after they have seen it. The films real success comes in Oliver O'Grady who talks about his crimes in such a matt...( read more)
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November 6, 2008not a film i could recommand because of the subject matter.This is a shocking and well made docu and open up my eyes.Very unpleasant in places not in any graphic form just the descipions used by the victims and really make you sorry to see these victims come to teams with what as...( read more)
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April 5, 2008A must see. Simply heartbreaking and mind boggling what this man got away with.
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July 14, 2007This is a very, very powerful and unsettling documentary about the molestation of children by Catholic clergy, focusing mainly on Oliver O'Grady, who throughout his tenure as a priest molested and raped dozens of children by gaining the trust of their families and then betraying ...( read more)
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November 22, 2009A perfect example about collaboration between criminal and power that resulted in long term sexual abuse to children. The strength of this documentary is in showing us about violence by exploring testimony from victims and the priest - who had been the perpetrator in that case.
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November 16, 2009Clearly outlines the hypocrisy of a priest claiming the moral high-ground while balls deep in a choir boy.
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November 2, 2009Guys,girls,a movie for all who wish to be entertained is moreover a movie of actual consequences and tragedies.Religion is a defiantly vague topic in society's progress,by accusing who's guilty is easy,what happens behind the curtains is what matters.If I were any president,I'd l...( read more)
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October 26, 2009"I made up my mind. There is no God. I do not believe in a God, all right? All these rules, everything... they're made up by man, you know?"
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
Director: Amy Berg
Country: United States of America
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Critic Reviews
November 10, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
November 9, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
No report I have seen takes us so disturbingly inside the mind of the abuser as Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil. full review
October 13, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Grander statements aren't needed when the specific indictments are so plentiful and so horrifying. full review
October 13, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
Deliver Us From Evil is an explosive documentary about a depravity so gross, it leaves you appalled and infuriated that the men who enabled it have never been called to account. full review
October 12, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
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 o...
October 12, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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. full review
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February 9, 2008OMG I couldnt even finish watching the movie when it mentioned the cities it took place in. One being the town i've lived in most of my life!! Whooooaaa it hit too close to home! Thank god i'm not Catholic! lol
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