The Ritual (2025)

"The film’s greatest sin is how utterly boring it is."

"Attempts to unite period drama and demonic possession, but feels tired and overworked on both counts."

"Just watch “The Exorcist” again."

"Fails to evoke any emotion as it sleepwalks through a tired recreation of an exorcism movie’s third act."

"Stop me if you’ve heard this one before... No, I mean it, stop me."

"The handheld camerawork is somewhat jarring in a period piece, but the bigger problem is that none of the actors seem to belong."

"It just isn’t much fun..."

"A modest horror-drama that’s undone by some distracting stylistic choices."

"It’s a sin that the film itself falls so short of its moment."

"Cuts a lot of corners on screen and in the story."

"It's painful to write it, but The Ritual will go down as one of the worst movies in both of Pacino's and Dan Stevens' respective careers."

"Like any number of Exorcist wannabes, David Midell’s film is a special kind of hell."

"Just becomes a bad possession movie that’s not pulling off its hokey scares."

"With its insistence on truth even as it strays from the historical accounts it hinges on, The Ritual fails to scare, entertain or convert."

"Pacino doesn’t seem to be taking any of it seriously as he phones in an uncharacteristically low-volume performance."