The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

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Lee Daniels' foray into horror works best when it leans into his melodramatic preoccupations, but it fails to deliver the exorcism goods.

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The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Jacob Oller AV Club With every over-the-top line of dialogue and tone-deaf gamble, The Deliverance inches closer to becoming a parody of itself. Rated: D Oct 25, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Elizabeth Weitzman TheWrap Daniels isn't always able to find a steady equilibrium between melodrama and drama. But his cast is compelling enough to ground even the most outlandish moments Sep 27, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) Fun if you go in without expectations. Sep 16, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast The melodrama is amped up early and if they had found a way to exorcise those demons rather than the standard, predictable supernatural ones maybe there would be something worthy of discussion, but that compelling idea is soon lost to the same old noise. Rated: 2/4 Oct 26, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Sharai Bohannon Blerdy Massacre Podcast Great performances cannot hide how bad this movie is. The script and direction never earns the acting talent at the movie's disposal. Rated: 1.5/5 Oct 23, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Ian Bunting Daily Record (UK) For when the possession tropes begin, the film’s quality takes a severe nose-dive as every Exorcist knock-off that’s hindered many a genre outing gets unveiled quicker than projectile vomit. Oct 7, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Keena A I like it although it was dark & more different than anything I ever seen. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/21/24 Full Review Brad M A non catholic exorcist. A little slow, but the end was pretty trippy. If you like exorcist movies, you'll like it. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Dvc F I have seen much worse. Based on so called true events gave it more chills than the actual movie. the overall picture could have been better if they had a better script. Still it was not bad, I thought Glenn Close character was almost comical. Two skulls will do it for this flick💀💀 Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Ralph R I went into "The Deliverance," directed by Lee Daniels, with high hopes, expecting a genuinely good horror film.Unfortunately, it fell short. Daniels relied on the same tired demon tropes that we've seen countless times, making the movie predictable and uninspired. Despite having an overqualified cast, the film suffered from a lack of funding, resulting in a subpar exorcism movie that ended up more depressing than terrifying.It's a shame because Daniels has the talent to create something truly unique in the horror genre, but "The Deliverance" failed to deliver on that potential. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Audience Member eu não gostei...eu amei Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Nicolas B The start was promising, but then it fell into the same tired possession tropes we've seen countless times before. It quickly became predictable, dull, and lacking any real originality. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lee Daniels Director Andra Day Ebony Glenn Close Alberta Anthony B. Jenkins Andre Caleb McLaughlin Nate Demi Singleton Shante
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Synopsis Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

Director
Lee Daniels

Producer
Todd Crites, Lee Daniels, Jackson Nguyen, Tucker Tooley, Pamela Oas Williams

Screenwriter
David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum, Lee Daniels

Distributor
Netflix

Production Co
Turn Left Productions, Tucker Tooley Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Jereco Studios Inc.

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2024, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 30, 2024

Runtime
1h 52m
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