Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Amy Berg

Writer (WGA):

Amy Berg (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2007 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Documentary | Crime

Tagline:

For some there's no such thing as salvation.

Plot:

Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.

Plot Keywords:

Catholic Church | Pedophile | 1970s | Child Rape | Sex Crime

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Adam	...	Himself
Jeff Anderson	...	Himself
Pope Benedict XVI	...	Himself (archive footage)
Monsignor Cain	...	Himself (archive footage)
Case Degroot	...	Himself
Jane Degroot	...	Herself
Thomas Doyle	...	Himself (as Father Tom Doyle)
Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea	...	Herself
Bill Hodgman	...	Himself
Anne Jyono	...	Herself
Bob Jyono	...	Himself
Maria Jyono	...	Herself
Frank Keating	...	Himself
Roger Cardinal Mahony	...	Himself
John Manley	...	Himself, Attorney for the Jyonos (as John Manly)
Oliver O'Grady	...	Himself
Nancy Sloan	...	Herself
Mike Walker	...	Himself
Patrick Wall	...	Himself, Theologean
Paula Zahn	...	Herself (archive footage)

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | USA:Unrated | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Company:

Disarming Films

Quotes:

Bob Jyono: I made up my mind. There is no God. I do not believe in a God, all right? All these rules, everything... they're made up by man, you know?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-10-14)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Cathedral

Gripping, Disturbing and Not to be Missed

In my opinion, this film is a front-runner for the Oscar for Best Documentary for 2006.

It's absolutely riveting. If you are a fan of "Silence of the Lambs," you should see this because Oliver O'Grady is just as chilling as Hannibal Lecter -- more so because he is real. Filmmaker Amy Berg did a news piece on O'Grady, a Catholic priest who raped dozens -- possibly hundreds -- of children in California. On a whim, she called him in his exile in Ireland and got him to agree to an extensive three day interview. It is a confession unlike any other.

On one level, Deliver Us From Evil is a righteous indictment of the Catholic Church: its inaction, its enabling, its bureaucracy, its male-dominated backwardness.

At the same time, the film is a profile of some incredibly decent people: Catholic parents and children who were victims in this rampage. Their character is inspiring -- their pain is as raw as anything you will ever see on film.

Finally, it's the study about the way a psychopath can play every human emotion to his own advantage.

There is Hell to pay for this man's sins. And some victims are living that hell every day.