Lost Souls (2000) (2000)
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7% of critics liked it
(90 reviews) -
27% of users liked it
(10,610 ratings)
A woman who has survived the touch of ultimate evil must now save one man from the same fate in order to protect the world in this supernatural thriller. Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) is a devout Catholic who is said to have been possessed by a demon as a child; she now works with Father Lareaux (John… More A woman who has survived the touch of ultimate evil must now save one man from the same fate in order to protect the world in this supernatural thriller. Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) is a devout Catholic who is said to have been possessed by a demon as a child; she now works with Father Lareaux (John Hurt) and John Townshend (Elias Koteas), fellow believers who perform exorcisms on troubled souls they believe are controlled by Satan. While performing an exorcism on a mass murderer, Henry Birdsong (John Diehl), Maya, and her cohorts come in contact with Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin), a journalist and noted authority on the criminal mind who believes the notion of "evil with a capital E" is absurd. Peter is an agnostic despite being raised by a Catholic priest; his uncle, Father James (Philip Baker Hall), raised Peter after the death of his parents while he was still a child. During their failed exorcism, Birdsong tells Maya that Satan will return to Earth, inhabiting the body of a man in order to reclaim this world. As Maya attempts to unravel the code of who the devil's victim will be, she comes to the awful realization that the most likely candidate is Peter Kelson. Lost Souls marked the directorial debut of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, whose camera credits include Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and Jerry Maguire. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Janusz Kaminski
- Written By
- Pierce Gardner
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Oct 13, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Alas, look is everything here and storytelling and characters are next to nothing, so what emerges is oddly ineffectual and uninvolving -- visually striking set pieces set loose in a void.
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Nigel Floyd, Time Out
The tedious storytelling sucks the life and soul out of the characters far more effectively than Satan ever manages.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
[An] unholy mess of a flick.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
With the original Exorcist back at the multiplex, you don't need this pale copy.
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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Odd camera angles, artfully dim lighting and showy tracking shots simply don't make up for suspense or intelligence.
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Cast
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Winona Ryder
as Maya Larkin
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Ben Chaplin
as Peter Kelson
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Sarah Wynter
as Claire Van Owen
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Philip Baker Hall
as Father James
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John Hurt
as Father Lareaux
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Elias Koteas
as John Townsend
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Brian Reddy
as Father Frank
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John Beasley
as Mike Smythe
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John Diehl
as Henry Birdson
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Victor Slezak
as Father Thomas
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Brad Greenquist
as George Viznik
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W. Earl Brown
as William Kelson
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James Lancaster
as Father Jeremy
- Ashley Edner
- Leslie Stefanson
