Or words to that effect.
Once again, there's a movie coming out this weekend that wasn't screened in advance for critics. That movie is Exorcist: The Beginning. Saw it last night. Review's up today in the usual place (i.e. Film Threat).
It seems I didn't hate it as much as many reviewers did, which essentially means I didn't pan it. Given your other options, I'd go see Open Water, myself.
According to your review, Lankester Merrin is "a hard-drinking former priest". In The Exorcist he is, of course, the title character, and still is a Jesuit priest.
If you don't consider it a spoiler, does Exorcist: The Beginning show or explain how Merrin returns to his priestly status? Or is this Yet Another Continuity Error?
The movie does indeed show Merrin returning to the priesthood.
i'd like to strongly recommend Garden State. oh, how i love it.