The viewer wants to empathize with Ben and Joanna Maxwell, who desperately try to adopt a child. When they are rebuffed by the heartless Hearts Without Bounds adoption agency, they are given an unusual opportunity to adopt a little girl named Piper by a rogue adoption agent. Both Ben and Joanna know that the adoption is illegal, but they go ahead anyway. Later in the film when Ben wonders, "What have we got ourselves into?", the answer is simple: an enormous paranormal mess of your own choosing!
"Possessing Piper Rose" unfolded like a predictable exorcism film. And despite the good performances, the scenes became more and more unpleasant, especially in the slowly paced second half of the film. For example, there are two kind characters, Gretchen and Professor Todd Sorensen, who help out with their understanding of "crossing over to the other plane" to stop supernatural threats posed by both Piper's birth mother and Lydia Newman, the unscrupulous adoption agent. Both Gretch and Todd give their all in the exorcism, and pay the ultimate price for their kindness in violent deaths.
Structurally, the film was disappointing with multiple false endings. Just when things were lightening up, there would be a recurring assault from the netherworld in the return of Piper's birth mother. By the end, it is unclear what will be the future of the poor little girl and her adoptive Maxwell family. In the final analysis, there is only one certainty: the piper must be paid.
"Possessing Piper Rose" unfolded like a predictable exorcism film. And despite the good performances, the scenes became more and more unpleasant, especially in the slowly paced second half of the film. For example, there are two kind characters, Gretchen and Professor Todd Sorensen, who help out with their understanding of "crossing over to the other plane" to stop supernatural threats posed by both Piper's birth mother and Lydia Newman, the unscrupulous adoption agent. Both Gretch and Todd give their all in the exorcism, and pay the ultimate price for their kindness in violent deaths.
Structurally, the film was disappointing with multiple false endings. Just when things were lightening up, there would be a recurring assault from the netherworld in the return of Piper's birth mother. By the end, it is unclear what will be the future of the poor little girl and her adoptive Maxwell family. In the final analysis, there is only one certainty: the piper must be paid.