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The Trouble With Angels

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Mary (Hayley Mills) and her friend, Rachel (June Harding), are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell). The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
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Bosley Crowther New York Times It has the quality of hit-or-miss contrivance rather than homely, schoolgirl truth. May 9, 2005 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Silly fluff with top-notch performers. No one else could say "scathingly brilliant" with as much scathing brilliance as Hayley Mills, and Russell is magnificently wry as Mother Superior. Rated: 4/5 Jul 16, 2004 Full Review Moira Walsh America Magazine It is frighteningly easy to get nuns all wrong on the screen and terribly difficult to do them justice, especially today when their proper identity is being so hotly debated inside as well as outside convents. Dec 31, 2019 Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos An essentially charming confection. Sep 19, 2019 Full Review Sergio Benítez Espinof The sympathy that the two hours modestly deliver is enough to keep you with a half perpetual smile and leave, in the end, with a pleasant feeling. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 23, 2019 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Nun comedy fluff Roz Russell and Hayley Mills fills family bill. Rated: 3/5 Feb 17, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike P Slight teen fare from the 60s starting Disney's IT girl Haley Mills. A clique of normal girls with normal problems try to survive a strict Catholic Boarding school run by Mother Superior Rosalind Russell. This is really a troubled teen and taskmaster teacher formula; see Blackboard Jungle; Goodbye Mr Tibbe; Dangerous Minds, etc. It's a softer, distaff version of those stories. And as such it's mildly entertaining; could use a little more punch though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/26/24 Full Review Angelo C This movie made me cry and laugh and cry again. Wonderful acting by Ms Russell and Mills. It reminded me of a film that after watching it you wanted to join the sisterhood, it was that good. Many parts I enjoyed but the one I enjoyed the most was when the beautiful Logoria sister passed and how Russell cried over the coffin and especially how Mills reacted. That's when she was convinced that she would be a nun, beautiful Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review S R Pretty run of the Hayley Mills with some more adult themes like smoking. Interesting, but tedious and cheap. Saw on TCM. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely love this comedy highly recommend it, James Welch who lives in Arkansas June 1, 2023 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/02/23 Full Review Diane B I watched reruns of this when I was a kid, going to Catholic school, wishing life was more exciting. Who cares about the plot? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/13/22 Full Review Audience Member It's a sweet old movie. Somewhat around the idea that we are all good inside, we cannot judge a book by its cover, and children's rebellious behaviors are just temporary. An almost all female cast, and an interesting view into the life as a nun. A nice Saturday afternoon movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mary (Hayley Mills) and her friend, Rachel (June Harding), are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell). The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
Director
Ida Lupino
Screenwriter
Blanche Hanalis
Production Co
Columbia Pictures, Eaves Movie Ranch
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 1966, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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