Heaven Help Us

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Heaven Help Us

R

Released Feb 8, 1985

1h 44m

Comedy

Drama

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Students (Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon) reject authority in 1965 Brooklyn at St. Basil's Catholic School for Boys.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

You'll need the patience of a saint to completely forgive the sins of Heaven Help Us.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 14, 2025

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David Denby

New York Magazine/Vulture

The picture is timid, and all but worthless, but moviegoers who have always longed to see Donald Sutherland as a monk -- and I know that you guys are out there -- will be in ecstasy.

Dec 31, 2019

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The strange thing about the movie is the way the moments of inspiration raise our hopes, and then disappoint them.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Bruce R. Miller

Sioux City Journal

It isn't taxing or trite. It's well-balanced and amusing.

Feb 14, 2025

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Michael Bronski

Gay Community News (Boston)

Its view of both the teenagers and the adults gets so mired in the most juvenile cartoon stereotypes that it totally fails in presenting a full picture of human beings.

Aug 30, 2022

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 4/5

Oct 8, 2005

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John K

Serving communion at the all girls school is the funniest scene ever.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Rory H

This is a really good film - full of heart and good performances. Some people are critical of the violence depicted - but this is how the brothers liked to roll back then. It ends a bit abruptly and there was more character & story development, but this is a coming-of-age movie that stuck with me for years and years. It's bittersweet and I love it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/25

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razvan p

quite light on the theology. just a decent youth flick that promotes decent morals

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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popandroid

one of the best over-looked/forgotten 80's movies. and it's not even a NO-NAME cast, they have some big names in this thing. puzzling that's it's been forgotten so quickly. I can only imagine that's because it was never properly hyped when it came out so even by 1990 is pretty quickly forgotten by most of the planet. but to me this movie belongs right next to Fast Times and all the other great high school movies, and they did a great job making it seem like it was really 1965.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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emily m

I like older movies and I like the delinquent coming-of-age theme. I however, even with me trying to think that it's because of what it's about and when it was made, still cannot stomach the just awful to watch violence coming from teacher to student. It would feel a lot funnier if I didn't have to spend ten minutes mentally coming back each time after watching a kid get rocked by a balding man dressed as a religious jedi.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/11/23

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donnie m

i was trying to find a movie tonight i hadn't seen-came across this but the acting is beyond horrible-ONE star for 'cool' songs

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/25/23

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Synopsis

Students (Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon) reject authority in 1965 Brooklyn at St. Basil's Catholic School for Boys.

Director: Michael Dinner
Producer: Dan Wigutow, Mark Carliner
Screenwriter: Charles Purpura
Production Co: Home Box Office (HBO), Silver Screen Partners
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 44m

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