{"id":71586,"date":"2025-06-08T08:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=71586"},"modified":"2025-06-08T08:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:24:56","slug":"al-pacino-no-logra-salvar-una-historia-mediocre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=71586","title":{"rendered":"Al Pacino no logra salvar una historia\u00a0mediocre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The ritual<\/em> intenta subvertir el conocido<a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2022\/11\/13-exorcismos-critica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> subg\u00e9nero de terror sobre las posesiones<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2025\/04\/los-casos-paranormales-reales-que-podriamos-ver-en-the-conjuring-last-rites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exorcismos<\/a>. Eso, al explorar en c\u00f3mo el antiguo ritual cat\u00f3lico, se enfrenta al mundo moderno y a la incredulidad natural de los sacerdotes. Para eso, la cinta relata todo lo ocurrido alrededor del <a href=\"https:\/\/husheduphistory.com\/post\/619278048738607104\/the-evil-and-exorcism-of-emma-schmidt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exorcismo practicado a Emma Schmidt<\/a>, un episodio real ocurrido en 1928 en un convento de Iowa. Un hecho de considerable importancia en la historia de la Iglesia, debido a <strong>su influencia futura en c\u00f3mo se percibe la relaci\u00f3n de la instituci\u00f3n con lo sobrenatural.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No obstante, la pel\u00edcula est\u00e1 m\u00e1s interesada en indagar en los dilemas de la fe y en especial, en la capacidad del demonio para corromper incluso a los m\u00e1s devotos. Se trata de una premisa gen\u00e9rica, que jam\u00e1s logra del todo hacer m\u00e1s terrenal o clara, por lo que se pierde en una cantidad de insinuaciones sobre el mal al acecho. Todo, en medio de una atm\u00f3sfera gris, h\u00fameda y claustrof\u00f3bica. Por lo que la cinta <strong>evita mostrar eventos sobrenaturales de forma muy directa, al menos en su primer trecho<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>En su lugar, se concentra en intentar ser fiel al documento original que narra los hechos, el panfleto titulado <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tanbooks.com\/products\/books\/begone-satan-a-soul-stirring-account-of-diabolical-possession-in-iowa\/?srsltid=AfmBOopNYbLV3UUcEkSooryZvOMQ0xkcuHt3fBJ6jo0OIiWuOS9ixt4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Begone, Satan!<\/a><\/em>. Sin embargo, el rigor hist\u00f3rico no basta. La pel\u00edcula se mueve entre el relato documental y el horror sobrenatural sin consolidar ninguno de los dos. Su tono, sombr\u00edo hasta la apat\u00eda, genera m\u00e1s des\u00e1nimo que inquietud. Y finalmente, el verdadero problema de la cinta. Su trama no parece conducir a ninguna parte ni al final, <strong>contar algo m\u00e1s que una serie de lugares comunes acerca del terror a lo desconocido.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de Contenido<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 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href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=71586\/#Una_premisa_poco_original_en_%E2%80%98The_Ritual\" >Una premisa poco original en \u2018The Ritual\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=71586\/#Una_pelicula_de_terror_sin_nada_que_ofrecer\" >Una pel\u00edcula de terror sin nada que ofrecer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-argumento-lleno-de-nbsp-cliches-nbsp\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_argumento_lleno_de_cliches\"><\/span>Un argumento lleno de clich\u00e9s <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"796\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845637 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23-1500x796.jpg?resize=1500%2C796&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1500%2C796&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=800%2C425&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=768%2C408&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1536%2C815&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=400%2C212&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23-1500x796.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23-1500x796.jpg?resize=1500%2C796&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1500%2C796&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=800%2C425&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=768%2C408&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1536%2C815&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=2048%2C1087&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1200%2C637&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=1024%2C544&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=2000%2C1062&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=780%2C414&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23.jpg?resize=400%2C212&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Ritual-Hipertextual-23-1500x796.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>El guion, coescrito por el director David Midell y Enrico Natale, parece tan empe\u00f1ado en reconstruir el contexto hist\u00f3rico que se olvida de la tensi\u00f3n dram\u00e1tica. Aunque aparecen elementos del cine de posesiones \u2014lenguas extra\u00f1as, v\u00f3mitos absurdos, levitaciones casi coreografiadas\u2014, estos momentos no provocan sobresalto, sino tedio. En particular, porque cada escena parece la copia de otra m\u00e1s conocida<strong> y sin duda mejor ejecutada en el cine de terror.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mucho m\u00e1s, cuando el centro del guion intenta dejar claro, que el exorcismo, es un ritual m\u00e1s complejo que solo una forma de expulsar demonios. Por lo que la cinta lo describe a grandes rasgos como un escenario en que se lucha no solo por el alma del pose\u00eddo. Tambi\u00e9n, es una batalla por la integridad del exorcista. Un punto de vista complejo <strong>que la cinta no desarrolla nunca y que se queda a medias la mayor parte del tiempo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Para una misi\u00f3n semejante, la iglesia encarga a dos hombres de probada integridad. Theophilus Riesinger (<a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2024\/03\/al-pacino-provoca-el-momento-de-mayor-tension-en-los-oscar-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Pacino<\/a>), y el cl\u00e9rigo local, el padre Joseph Steiger (<a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2025\/05\/3-razones-para-ver-la-nueva-temporada-de-love-death-robots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Stevens<\/a>). Tanto el uno como el otro, atraviesan dilemas de fe, tienen un pasado turbulento y una perspectiva poco convencional con lo sobrenatural. Por supuesto, las comparaciones con <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2024\/03\/10-peliculas-blasfemas-para-ver-en-semana-santa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>El Exorcista<\/em> <\/a>(1973) de<a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2023\/08\/5-peliculas-imprescindibles-william-friedkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> William Friedkin<\/a> son inevitables. Pero David Midell carece de la capacidad para profundizar en el horror y la oscuridad de la mente humana,<strong> a trav\u00e9s de un hecho religioso.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-una-premisa-poco-original-en-the-nbsp-ritual-nbsp\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Una_premisa_poco_original_en_%E2%80%98The_Ritual\"><\/span>Una premisa poco original en \u2018The Ritual\u2019 <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"749\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845638 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7-1500x749.jpg?resize=1500%2C749&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1500%2C749&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=800%2C400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1536%2C767&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1200%2C599&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C511&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=780%2C390&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=400%2C200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?w=2000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7-1500x749.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7-1500x749.jpg?resize=1500%2C749&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1500%2C749&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=800%2C400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1536%2C767&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1200%2C599&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C511&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=780%2C390&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?resize=400%2C200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7.jpg?w=2000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-ritual-Hipertextual-7-1500x749.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>De hecho, la cinta pierde tiempo y energ\u00eda, en tratar de mostrar a Emma (Abigail Cowen) como un secreto a resolver. El personaje pasa la mayor parte del tiempo encerrado en un s\u00f3tano en el que sufre una serie de episodios que deber\u00edan conmocionar. Particularmente, porque el guion intenta sugerir que los fen\u00f3menos inexplicables que ocurren, se encuentran en el terreno resbaladizo entre la fe y la locura. <strong>Pero la sucesi\u00f3n de sonidos tenebrosos, gemidos y sacudidas terminan por parecer mec\u00e1nicos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tampoco se brinda demasiado contexto al punto central acerca de qu\u00e9 ocurre realmente durante una posesi\u00f3n. Emma solo es un veh\u00edculo para contar una historia, sin mucho que ofrecer al argumento. Lo mismo podr\u00eda decirse de las monjas que la acompa\u00f1an, que sirven m\u00e1s como testigos que como personajes. Todas, atrapadas en un papel mudo de horror contenido. Por lo que el gran conflicto de esta producci\u00f3n no radica tanto en su ejecuci\u00f3n como en su decisi\u00f3n conceptual. La pel\u00edcula se esfuerza en demostrar una fidelidad a los hechos, pero al mismo tiempo se entrega sin reservas a la explicaci\u00f3n sobrenatural. <strong>Es decir, cree en demonios.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845639 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=854%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?w=854&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=780%2C438&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=854%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?w=854&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=780%2C438&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-ritual-Hipeertextual.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Esto resulta especialmente frustrante cuando se vislumbran posibilidades m\u00e1s interesantes. \u00bfY si Emma no estuviera pose\u00edda, sino psicol\u00f3gicamente perturbada? \u00bfY si el trauma, la religi\u00f3n, el aislamiento, fueran m\u00e1s que un tel\u00f3n de fondo? <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/es\/title\/tt0404032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El exorcismo de Emily Rose<\/a><\/em> (2005)<strong> ya abord\u00f3 esa ambig\u00fcedad con mayor destreza, abriendo espacio al debate.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>En <em>The Ritual<\/em>, en cambio, los personajes abandonan r\u00e1pidamente la duda. Pacino, como el curtido exorcista, parece actuar en piloto autom\u00e1tico, movi\u00e9ndose con solemnidad, pero sin convicci\u00f3n. Su acento centroeuropeo es falso y torpe, lo cual a\u00f1ade una capa involuntaria de parodia. Stevens, con una actuaci\u00f3n contenida, <strong>parece distante de la situaci\u00f3n y aporta poco a la trama.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-una-pelicula-de-terror-sin-nada-que-nbsp-ofrecer-nbsp\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Una_pelicula_de_terror_sin_nada_que_ofrecer\"><\/span>Una pel\u00edcula de terror sin nada que ofrecer <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845643 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=740%2C494&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=740%2C494&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ritual.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Al final, <em>The Ritual<\/em> se esfuerza por ofrecer algo distinto al canon de las pel\u00edculas de exorcismos. Pero antes de hacerlo, termina acerc\u00e1ndose peligrosamente<strong> a una versi\u00f3n diluida de cintas m\u00e1s retorcidas y mejor planteadas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La f\u00f3rmula est\u00e1 presente: el sacerdote experimentado, el joven dubitativo, la v\u00edctima condenada. Sin embargo, lo hace con tanta torpeza que los paralelismos no hacen m\u00e1s que subrayar las limitaciones del guion. De modo, que para sus \u00faltimas escenas, The Ritual es mucho m\u00e1s una colecci\u00f3n de sobresaltos que la reflexi\u00f3n filos\u00f3fica que pretende ser. <strong>Tambi\u00e9n, una decepci\u00f3n para los amantes del cine de terror.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lo peor que puede decirse de un proyecto semejante. <\/strong><\/p>\n<section id=\"block-153\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/disney-plus-footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"197\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1840708 perfmatters-lazy\" style=\"width:100px\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=360&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1840708\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=360&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/disney-logo.jpeg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-size:18px\">Disfruta de las mejores historias, en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar. Series, pel\u00edculas y originales que no encontrar\u00e1s en ninguna otra plataforma: cl\u00e1sicos de siempre y los \u00faltimos estrenos. <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/disney-plus-footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">M\u00e1s econ\u00f3mico que nunca<\/a> con el nuevo plan con anuncios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Consejo ofrecido por Disney+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"block-154\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2025\/06\/ni-al-pacino-es-capaz-salvar-la-historia-mediocre-que-ofrece-the-ritual\" class=\" target=\" title=\"Al Pacino no logra salvar una historia\u00a0mediocre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ver fuente<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ritual intenta subvertir el conocido subg\u00e9nero de terror sobre las posesiones y exorcismos. Eso, al explorar en c\u00f3mo el antiguo ritual cat\u00f3lico, se enfrenta al mundo moderno y a la incredulidad natural de los sacerdotes. Para eso, la cinta relata todo lo ocurrido alrededor del exorcismo practicado a Emma Schmidt, un episodio real ocurrido [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tecnologia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}