

Michael accepts only after the offer of either having to pay back his education or having it completely free by going to Rome. He arrives in Rome and joins the class. He meets a woman, Angelina(Alice Braga) who is a reporter. They strike up a friendship. Early on in the class Michael is still a disbeliever so Father Xavier arranges for him to meet Father Lucas(Anthony Hopkins).
Father Lucas is taking care of a possessed 16 year old girl who is also pregnant from a rape. Several paranormal experiences happen, but still leaves Michael disbelieving. It is only when the two of them have to rush the girl to the hospital after she tried taking her own life. Unfortunately, they are too late the girl and her unborn baby dies. Father Lucas is inconsolable.
Shortly after the death, Father Lucas starts acting differently. Against the demon's wishes that is inside of Father Lucas, he asks Michael and Angelina into his home. Michael and Angelina desperately tries to find Father Xavier, but fail to find him to perform the exorcism.
Michael makes the decision to do the exorcism with Angelina present. He successfully performs the exorcism and saves Father Lucas. Doing the exorcism restores his religious faith and Michael finally is happy with his life. He continues his life in the church.
The Rite is an Drama, Thriller, Horror movie that was released in 2011 and has a run time of 1 hr 52 min. It has received mostly poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.0 and a MetaScore of 38.
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The horror-exorcism movie “The Rite,” starring Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, emerged number one at the Friday box office with an estimated gross ticket sales of $5.3 million dollars.
Even if “The Rite” wins the weekend box office, critics predict that it will be impossible for the movie to match the $17.2 million gross accumulated by “Edge of Darkness” during its’ opening last year.