Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 15 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Deliver Us From Evil has a few things wrong with it, including an egregious musical score, but without resorting to sucker punches, it takes your breath away while making your skin crawl.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Nov 2006
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No report I have seen takes us so disturbingly inside the mind of the abuser as Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
9 Nov 2006
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Works best when it concentrates on O'Grady and the ever-rippling effect of his transgressions.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
9 Nov 2006
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Watching Amy Berg's powerful documentary Deliver Us from Evil is a wrenching experience; her subjects reveal to the camera almost unbearable levels of anguish, and its audience walks away feeling both numbness and rage.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
10 Nov 2006
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Deliver Us Evil is more terrifying than any horror movie, because it's about something that really happened.