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David Edelstein, Slate: It's a good, thoughtful horror picture -- and thiiis close to being a very good one. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: The frights, the scares, they just weren't there. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: Marred by some of the same problems as Harlin's version -- namely, weak supporting characters, unintentionally funny dialogue and poorly executed special effects. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Exorcism aside, Dominion is well-acted, handsomely photographed and hauntingly scored. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Schrader's film is a notch better than Harlin's (it's elegantly framed, and stately where the other one was music-video pushy), but when you boil out the demon feathers...it's the same damn movie. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Dominion is indeed a plodfest, and though it's not as garish as Mr. Harlin's version, it's way too dire for its own good. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Ambitious, serious-minded horror opus. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: It's a movie possessed, in the end, not by the devil, just by errant ambition. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: To be fair, Schrader's version fails in ways that Harlin's dumbed-down version didn't. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: It actually might have been considered pretty good had it been made 30 years ago, when people might have cared about the backstory of Father Merrin. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: There's no escaping that Dominion is finally an act of commercial scavenging. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is drenched in atmosphere and dread, as we'd expect from Schrader, but it also has spiritual weight and texture, boldly confronting the possibility that Satan may be active in the world. Read more
Leslie Felperin, Variety: Schrader's intelligent, quietly subversive pic emphasizes spiritual agony over horror ecstasy, while paying occasional lip-service to the need for scares. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Predictably, Schrader's version -- which stands as the first film to use prequel in its title -- is as sober as Harlin's is beery. Read more