One particular line from Ellen Burstyn's return as Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist: Believer has been criticized by a religious studies expert.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT One element involving Ellen Burstyn's The Exorcist: Believer return has been criticized by a religious studies expert. Burstyn starred in the original 1973 classic The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil, who approaches Father Karras for an exorcism when her daughter Regan shows signs of demonic possession. Karras brings in the expert Father Merrin and the pair both perform the exorcism, sacrificing their lives in the process.
She explains that, because she wasn't religious, "she had no reason to ascribe authority to Karras," also explaining that because of Karras' ongoing crisis of faith "the idea that he'd stand on ceremony against a friend does not fit with where he was emotionally at the time." She also brings up the issue of how dangerous the exorcism was, saying that "Chris was not an exorcist and could not add anything to the proceedings." Likewise, "Merrin wasn't not always sure he even wanted Karras there, given how vulnerable he was to the attacks."
She also points out that, had Chris attended the exorcism, she would likely have died too and left Regan an orphan. She goes on to say that "The Exorcist was already about sexism" and Chris' struggles with the patriarchal medical community. She does reflect that "It’s not a dumb idea to deal with sexism in the Catholic church in a modern movie, but these are simply not the characters Blatty created."She argues that, "for to stick that label specifically on two people who died saving her daughter, one of whom she knew well, is a wild break with the character Blatty created."
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