Fresh
It's like a David Lean remake of Pink Flamingos.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Devils
Hell will hold no surprises for them...
1971 · 1h 52m · NC-17
Drama, History, Horror
Directed by
Ken Russell
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The Devils
Overview
In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of sexually depraved Sister Jeanne's accusations of witchcraft, which corrupt officials of church and state are all too happy to exploit.
Director and cast
- Ken Russell Director
- Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Jeanne des Anges
- Oliver Reed as Father Urbain Grandier
- Dudley Sutton as Baron de Laubardemont
- Max Adrian as Ibert
- Gemma Jones as Madeleine de Brou
- Murray Melvin as Father-Canon Jean Mignon
- Michael Gothard as Father Pierre Barre
- Georgina Hale as Philippe Trincant
- Brian Murphy as Adam
- Christopher Logue as Cardinal Richelieu
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Reed carries the film with an admirably restrained portrayal of the doomed priest. Redgrave, on screen only sporadically, is stunning as the salacious sister.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
It's a see-through movie composed of a lot of clanking, silly, melodramatic effects that, like rib-tickling, exhaust you without providing particular pleasure, to say nothing of enlightenment.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
No matter how thickly Russell piles on the masturbating nuns, tortured priests and dissolute dauphins, there's no getting round the fact that it's all more redolent of a camp revue than a cathartic vision.
Time Out
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