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A great premise and a good book. Could have been Booksmart meets The Exorcist. But Elsie Fisher is awful as Abigail which torpedos most of the film's promise and none of the cast are helped by a very lazy and poorly crafted script. The whole films feel very rushed, there's no connection to the main characters as most of the back story and bonding has been ditched I'm favour of getting to the horror elements faster. Which leads to the final strike against this film, in that it's about as scary as an episode of Scooby Doo. Constantly shifting in time between young teen/family friendly and adult. It just never really knows what it's doing. Amiah Miller does however deliver a good performance despite the bad material and myopic direction she's been given.

I thought this was okay but nothing memorable. I loved the book which was fun and retro but also genuinely creepy. The film didn't capture the essence of the book for me, or if it did it was a watered down version that was lacklustre. Everything these days seems to be trying to be a Stranger Things, or at least that's how it feels. This film just didn't feel that fresh and also wasn't remotely scary which was missing the point. Also, who was the target market as it felt YA? The book was about teens but definitely an adult read. I think it could have been so much more, like why not be a full on campy horror like Drag Me To Hell or just something that would be a fun ride. Not just another retro teen story.

Its a take on my generations typical scare genre, a case of excorsism, devilworship and girls coming of age flirting with the ouija board, at a pyjamaparty when caretakers takes a late night bartrip, and leaves the teen alone at home.

Its also a sting of irony on the issues of sexuality, elaborating anorexia, in a more or less sugarfree story, with not much above average acting from well known female cast, and as innocent pupils of a catholic high school they swear unreasonably far too much.

The dressing code and script is without doubt written and sewn together by people that hasnt lived through the 80's, the best hit must be the dedicated musical score and a few moments of real fright but not enough for a grumpy old man like me. It might as well stay outta the silverscreen theaters because it lacks the heart and mind of the 80's.

Nothing like the book. Not half as good. Terrible in comparison. Was really looking forward to this but it was not good. Having the read the book i was looking forward to seeing the story play out on screen. Unfortunately the story told is not that close to the story of the book. Film loses the charm and character of the original story though there are some similarities. The film is neither funny or scary, it's a bit of a mess. Cast are good apart for the whole Lemon brothers rubbish. That was shameful. I'm glad that it was on Prime as I'd be annoyed if I'd paid money to purchase this tripe. Not worth your time.

I remember finishing the book in a day. It was an original, well-paced and fun read that I just could not put down until every page was turned. Sometimes that does not always translate to the screen, but I still found the film to be quite entertaining. The book had some pretty heavy, dark scenes and I was surprised that the movie did as well. I figured it would be presented more as a comedy than a horror film, playing more to mainstream viewers. However, there were some genuinely creepy aspects to the mostly dramatic script. It's such an original concept that it may be too unusual for those who haven't read the novel.

RATED: 7/10 Language: English Source: Amazon Prime

The title itself says its more on fun notes than the horror. And it lives to the title till end. I wish if it has more fun or spoof moments, it would be more enjoyable one.

The premises and horror are run of the mill, they mixed it and make it watchable one. It is not so funny and also not so scary.

The beginning was good and get into the story in short time. They added more friends sentiments towards end and looks bit dragged before climax.

I was expecting more on exorcism, but not much on that. It is not boring at the same time it is not fulfilled one also.

One time watchable.

'My Best Friend's Exorcism' is a horror/comedy that isn't horrifying and isn't funny. In fact it never even really feels like it is trying to be either of those things. I can think of only a small handful of times where the film attempts to get a laugh, and it never comes off. And the horror side of things is more just nastiness than anything else.

I don't really know who this film is targeted at. It isn't fun enough to be for kids. But it is nowhere near dark enough to be aimed at adults. It seems to fall into an awkward middle ground.

The characters are incredibly bland. They aren't funny or clever or sexy or inspiring. No energy is spent building them into anything at all. Every one of them could basically be the same person.

Without spoiling anything, there is a decision made at the end of the movie to show something quite important. I can't stress how bad of a decision this was. What isn't seen is always infinitely more scary than what is seen. This did not look good and was a final nail in the coffin for this film.

The only redeeming factor I can find is that some good song choices were used. Otherwise though this was a misfire. 3/10.

Didn't read book or know there was one until reading reviews here. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I thought the set up, acting, pacing, and storyline were all on point. I genuinely laughed out loud several times throughout the movie. I also had a few scares/moments where my mouth was aghast.

At this day and age, it baffles me that book readers don't walk into movies with the expectation that it will be very different from the book. Baffling. Solid 8.5.

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I really enjoyed this book, but this movie misses the mark. I think it would've been better as a miniseries. To recap, this is a story of childhood friendship. A Stephen King says no matter how many friends or family you have in your life, you will never have friends like that again. It's also a coming of age story, and what happens as you and your friends start getting older and branching out. It's a story of high school anxiety and 80s nostalgia (Frusen Glädjé!) . And, front and center, of course it's a story about strange things starting to happen and possible dark forces visiting your hometown. Good stuff for spooky season!

Unfortunately, I don't think the story translated well here. Grady Hendrix's books are usually pretty jam-packed, so I don't see how you could cram everything into 90 minutes. It definitely felt choppy. Key scenes and characters fell flat because they didn't have enough set up. Things happened that seemed pretty random unless you knew the backstory. It felt like they were moving really fast, more like paying homage to major scenes rather than building a story that could stand on its own.

The best parts of the book- the sinister, creeping horror story build, the BFF saga, the 80s nostalgia- don't come across, and the whole thing felt rushed. I had no emotional investment in any of these people. It's the first point that bothers me the most. Why watch a horror movie if it's not even going to be spooky or scary?

Anyway, imo you're left with an empty book recap if you know the story, and I don't even know what you'd get out of it if you didn't. Maybe just a time filler movie to watch during a flight or something to have on in the background.

I really like Elsie Fischer, and she and Amiah Miller turn in good performances for what they were given. Chris Lowell too. They at least keep it watchable (if you know the story, anyway). The other actors were barely given enough material to register. Production was ok. 3 stars for the acting and for putting out a spooky movie in October.

This movie is a slog that unfortunately never goes anywhere with its premise. And no idea what it has an R rating as it comes off very PG-13.

Most of it is a rehash of old tropes played as the tropes they are. None are subverted or mocked. And since this is listed as a comedy, I at least expected that much.

No idea why this is set in the 1980's since that plays no part in the story, and all the actors basically talk and act like it's 2022.

I was excited to see Elsie Fisher as I adored her in Eighth Grade, and she does an admirable job given the material, but even she couldn't save this one.

Faith + Fitness - The Lemon Brothers

My Best Friend's Exorcism is a fun horror comedy with good performances from Elsie Fisher & Amiah Miller. Miller especially gives off a decent Jennifer's Body type vibe.

The movie has little horror elements to it but is backed up by being genuinely funny at times. The scenes of the Lemon Brothers doing a talk at the school was hysterical and the exorcism was well played.

A pleasant surprise, My Best Friend's Exorcism contains a great 80s soundtrack with hits by Culture Club, A-Ha, amongst others. I have seen some pretty poor reviews for this but i found it to be a blast.

This was recently added on prime since with no choice of any other good option I thought of giving it a try. The movie is said to be a horror comedy that's what makes it look interesting very few good movies are made if this genre but unfortunately it turned out to be a disappointment in that department. The blame goes on the writer and the director. With little hard work and effort in creativity this movie could have been very funny and entertaining but it is not. All actors did their job well they can't be blamed if the script is poor and the director is not up to the mark. If you are planning to watch it expecting it to be horror comedy just drop it because it's neither horror nor comedy but if you need time pass to kill your free time you can give it a try you atleast wont get bored.

I was hoping that the first film adaptation of a Grady Hendrix work would be awesome, in spite of the bad reviews. But this veers so wildly from the source material that it might as well have changed the title and inserted an "inspired by" credit.

The whole point of the novel was that it was Abby and Gretchen together against the world until all of this started. Giving them more outside connections dilutes that, and the filmmakers did nothing to help reestablish that connection while also adding new characters.

I'm disappointed. I hope that the failure of this won't prevent other Hendrix novels from being adapted; hopefully, by better hands.

Let me first say I don't like horror movies. I also don't like scary movies. However I do like dark comedies and can usually tolerate horror comedies. After watching the trailer for this movie I figured I'd check it out because it had the 1980s setting, the actress from Eight Grade was in it, it didn't seem like it would be too scary for me, and it was free with my Prime Video subscription. I quite enjoyed it.

I like the friendship established between Abby and Gretchen and the premise of Abby doing everything to save her best friend. The scares weren't too "scary" which was just fine for me because I really don't enjoy scary movies. There were some pretty gross scenes but if you can handle the puking in Pitch Perfect you'll be fine here. The acting was decent. I like how they poke fun at Christianity with acts like the over-the-top Jesus praising Lemon Brothers.

Overall it was a fun movie. If you're into Stranger Things, Paper Girls, films from the 80s why not give it a try?

Wow this is a special kind of bad. The audio sounds dubbed but doesn't look dubbed. The acting is comically bad and the writing is worse than the acting. I'm required to type a certain amount of characters so I'll continue... briefly. It's like Lifetime and Nickelodeon got together and made the worst horror movie of all time. Prime video made this garbage i think. I guess they needed something for Halloween and decided on this money grab. I would say to save your money but it was actually free on Prime (not that that makes it any less painful). It's Halloween man. People will put up with bad movies for a few cheap scares. This does not even qualify as bad... it's worse than that.

"My Best Friend's Exorcism" is a light horror-comedy film, based on the novel of the same name, but when it is adapted to a screenplay, it does not achieve the expected charm. The film starts well by showing us conventional teenagers with their typical age problems but in the course of its duration everything becomes ridiculous, the comic dialogues go from funny to repetitive and unfunny, the horror elements also have a good start until they disappear. The actors do their job, the costume and hair design are good, they transport you to the eighties, but the digital effects are terrible as if they came from a cheap television movie of the '00s. The end result is a film that catches and then turns stupid with the occasional salvageable scene.

I don't think the film deserves such a low rating, it's not a masterpiece, but there's a will to make a good film.

The film uses demonic possession to highlight the evil being that young adolescent girls can feel, packing with a little humor, which is far from being as present as one might think.

I liked to follow the little piece of life of these kids and the film succeeded in touching me in the end. There are films like this that don't revolutionize anything, but still manage to do well using the cinematic heritage of their elder, and that's enough, especially for a film made for a video platform like this from amazon.