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Audrey Rose (1977)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
10/18
10/18:
Riding on the coattails of The Exorcist's success, Audrey Rose
is a decent film that explores the supernatural side of reincarnation in spite of me not believing any of it.
Along with his repeated yelling of Audrey Rose's name, Anthony Hopkins' pompous acting is one of the two
problems. John Beck's angry character is the other. The way Anthony Hopkins behaved is rarely seen in people.
Therefore, he should've learned how to tone it down, but it's been his problem for years.
Fortunately, the strong plot saves the film while Marsha Mason's numerous crying bits somewhat help. A
great-looking guy in any period of time, John Beck plays a character by the name of Bill Templeton who should've
had a brain given that he's a well-to-do advertising executive in New York City. He's mad all the time which
makes it boring. Obviously, he's the cause of his daughter's death and his family breaking up.
It would help if Susan Swift transformed herself into an interesting character like how Linda Blair did for
The Exorcist, but it never happened. By the way, if you observe the girl
on the book cover as seen in the movie poster, it's actually Brooke Shields.
All in all, Audrey Rose is almost a rip-off of The Exorcist.