So Paranormal Activity meets The Exorcist, and whilst there are some good points - the exorcism scenes are well staged, and the mother and daughter are occasionally interesting to watch - overall The Devil Inside is tedious, muddled and weakly performed. The two rogue-exorcist priests give particularly hammy performances, not helped by uninspired (improvised?) dialogue ("Listen to me! I'm a priest!"). The negative outrage from the US at the film's ending is perhaps justified - the narrative simply runs out of anywhere else to go - but as such it is increasingly typical of the overplayed and indulgent found-footage genre which really has run its course.
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