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With: Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Cathy Ang, Clayton Royal Johnson, Christopher Lowell, Nathan Anderson, Cynthia Evans, Rachel Leah Cohen, John Stoneburner, Cameron Bass, Ashley LeConte Campbell, Michael Wayne Foster, Michael Proctor, Erin Ownby
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Written by: Jenna Lamia, based on a novel by Grady Hendrix
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Directed by: Damon Thomas
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MPAA Rating: R for teen drug use, language, sexual references and some violence
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Running Time: 97
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Date: 09/30/2022
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My Best Friend's Exorcism (2022)
Possessive
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Despite not being even a little scary, and despite many of the jokes not quite landing, My Best Friend's Exorcism is still somehow likable, mainly thanks to the talented Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) as the "My" of the title. It's 1988, complete with all the music, colors, and Aqua Net fumes of the day. Abby (Fisher), with short, brunette hair, and Gretchen (Amiah Miller), with long blonde hair, are best friends, though they worry what will happen after Gretchen moves away at the end of the summer. At a house party with their two other friends, Margaret (Rachel Ogechi Kanu) and Glee (Cathy Ang), they explore a creepy, old abandoned house, and the next thing anyone knows, Gretchen begins acting strangely, being both alluring and conniving. With nowhere else to turn for help, Abby enlists the aid of the Lemon brothers, a trio of weight-lifting Christians who give pump-you-up pep talks at school rallies, to conduct an exorcism. Fans of its 2016 source novel by Grady Hendrix say that it lacks some of the best stuff from the book, but it's silly, passable fun nonetheless.
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