subscribe our channel to get daily Entertainment News the Deliverance Glen close in a flamboyant wig is no match for Satan the Deliverance which hits Netflix Friday features close doing her outrageous best Unforgettable wig and all to salvage Lee Daniels messy derivative satanic Thriller not to be confused with John borman's 1972 canoeing trip garai classic the Deliverance is a subpar exorcism movie that's all the more depressing for being directed by Lee Daniels whose distinctive flare is only sporadically spied amidst its shopworn cliches the story of a black single mother whose domestic problems turn out to be of the devilish variety Daniel's first film since 2021s the United States versus Billy Holiday reunites him with that predecessor Star Andre day for horror shenanigans that grow less original by the minute save for outlandish supporting work by Glenn Close as day's biological mother it's a third rate satanic Thriller that doesn't possess a single original idea the Deliverance which hits Netflix August 30th after a brief theatrical run claims to be based on true events and concludes with photos of the woman and house that inspired its tale however nothing resounds as genuine in this conventional Affair set in 2011 Pittsburgh where ebony day has recently moved moved into a new place with her kids Nate stranger things Caleb McLaughlin Shante Demi Singleton and Andre Anthony B Jenkins as well as her mother Alberta close in garish low cut tops dark eyeliner red lipstick and a collection of conspicuous wigs that cover a head turned bald by chemotherapy Alberta is a hot to trot grandmother who both encourages the advances of her medical technician Melvin Omar EPs and consistently attends her local Baptist Church strutting around with big non-nonsense attitude she's a character bordering on a caricature and her brashness is all that enlivens these otherwise conventional and slap Dash proceedings ebony likes to drink and has a habit of smacking her kids around as she does at the dinner table to Young Andre this makes Nate hate her and causes all of them to Pine for the return of their dad who's currently serving in Iraq ebony has custody of her kids because she's agreed to allow regular check-ins from department of children's services casew worker Cynthia em Monique and those are unpleasant given that ebony didn't inform Cynthia about her latest relocation and has no good explanation for the bruises dotting her kids bodies the Deliverance additionally implies that unlike her mother who's staying with them on condition that she keep her mouth shut which she never does ebony has no faith yet like so much of this story details are sketchy at best with David kagal and Elijah Bam's script assuming that shorthand gestures are enough to establish their conceit Ebony's residence has a basement door that constantly opens and is surrounded by flies shades of the Amityville Horror but neither She nor anyone else ever investigates it save that is for Andre who's found at one point at the top of the basement stairs banging his head against the door this is weird as is Andre's habit of talking to his imaginary friend Trey alas ebony is so consumed with her own troubles that she does little about it until all three kids act out simultaneously in school with Nate laughing at his teacher for having a son that died of AIDS and Nate throwing his feces at his teacher the Deliverance later reveals that Nate also ate his own poop yet as with other Revelations about his bizarre conduct it's recounted without ever being depicted by the Deliverance a strange situation that speaks to either creative reticence or post-production editorial deletions