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The Ritual
Directed by
David Midell
Not Rated
2025
1h 38m
Horror
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4.5
9%
47%
5.9
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Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
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Cast of The Ritual
Dan Stevens
Father Joseph Steiger
Abigail Cowen
Emma Schmidt
Al Pacino
Father Theophilus Riesinger
Patricia Heaton
Mother Superior
Ashley Greene
Sister Rose
Patrick Fabian
Bishop Edwards
María Camila Giraldo
Sister Camila
Meadow Williams
Sister Sarah / Executive Producer
Enrico Natale
Dr. Fabian / Producer / Editor / Story
Ritchie Montgomery
Chester
Liann Pattison
Sister Antonella
Courtney Rae Allen
Sister Mary Joseph
Emily Brinks
Betty
David Midell
Director / Writer
Mitchell Welch
Producer
Andrew Stevens
Producer
Lee Broda
Executive Producer
Ross Kagan Marks
Producer
Chris Paladino
Executive Producer
Jeff Rice
Executive Producer
The Ritual Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"The Ritual" avoids becoming boring by being brief - and also by casting Pacino, who is his own event and mystery.
Substream Magazine
Murjani Rawls
The film serves as a completionist manual for those who may have an inkling of the actual story that inspired a wildly popular subgenre of horror. Otherwise, the sums of its parts are out of time and ten steps behind the path it helped to pave.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
It's not improbability that dooms this Al Pacino-headlined genre throwaway but a crushing lack of originality and a form that makes its clichés even harder to swallow.
Sarah G Vincent Views
Sarah Vincent
Well, I finally saw a film shot and edited worse than "A Working Man" (2025), which is a low bar.
InSession Film
Megan Loucks
Overall, it's hard to find aspects of The Ritual that are worth a watch, especially when there are other films with the same subject matter that excel in every aspect where this one fails.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
I guess you could even say the devil is indeed in the details that this film puts on the back burner.
Boston Movie News
James Verniere
What did Al PAcino and Dan Stevens do to deserve this? Ask Pazuzu.
Los Angeles Times
Sergio Burstein
Ultimately, this is a work that could be useful for viewers fascinated by its subject matter, although others will find little offered in terms of horror and entertainment value. [Full review in Spanish]
RogerEbert.com
Craig D. Lindsey
"The Ritual" cuts a lot of corners on screen and in the story.
Salon.com
Andy Crump
It's a sin that the film itself falls so short of its moment.
IGN Movies
Katie Rife
A modest horror-drama that's undone by some distracting stylistic choices.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
It just isn't much fun, even as it lacks the gravitas needed to make a more deeply unsetting impression, as William Friedkin famously managed with "The Exorcist" 52 years ago.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
There is much faith testing and holy water slinging, but not a single jumpscare. Still, Pacino is oddly compelling to watch.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Stop me if you've heard this one before... No, I mean it, stop me.
Bloody Disgusting
Meagan Navarro
The "based on a true story" horror movie fails to evoke any emotion as it sleepwalks through a tired recreation of an exorcism movie's third act, committing the ultimate cardinal sin in cinema: it's boring.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
Just watch "The Exorcist" again.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
The film's greatest sin is how utterly boring it is.
Slant Magazine
Mark Hanson
Like any number of Exorcist wannabes, David Midell's film is a special kind of hell.
AV Club
Jacob Oller
Eventually, The Ritual just becomes a bad possession movie that's not pulling off its hokey scares, rather than a bad possession movie unable to fulfill its more down-to-earth ambitions.
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
The film itself isn't any good, because it's silly. However, Al Pacino, who I fully expected to walk into the room and go: "bwahahaha, the devil's got a great a**", doesn't. He surprisingly underplays it.
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