The Vatican Tapes

kudos to olivia taylor dudley for a committed performance as the young girl plagued by a demon. she elevates this film by her devotion to the role. unfortunately the rest is pretty terrible. mark neveldine is just not a capable director; he doesn't do anything remotely interesting with the material. not that he has much to work with; the script by christopher borrelli is just a rehash of the standard exorcism story, with the exception of an interesting denouement that almost saves sitting through the rest of it. add in some lackluster performances and there just isn't enough here to recommend... read more