★★★out of ★★★★★

When a coach, teacher, parent, or peer says “…hey there, that was a really competent job.”  Competent?  Yeah.  Competent.  A really condescending term that points to the ultimate in back-handed compliments. It’s not bad, per se, but it ain’t great either.  Enter The Last Exorcism.  A really competent piece of filmmaking.