Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow There are times when Novitiate tests the viewer's endurance - it's a beautifully shot movie, but it runs more than. Margaret Qualley portrays Sister As the movie progresses, I started to believe that her mother was right. Young women who want to love and.
How accurately do you think the movie shows what might have actually happened in convents during this. "Novitiate" avoids both the laundered piety of that movie and the sensationalism that hovers around the subject of women and religion. Here's what we can say: Cathleen's devotion to Jesus is, initially, real and strong. Margaret Qualley and a fire-breathing Melissa Leo make vivid impressions in It would certainly be the ideal moniker for "Novitiate," a piercing, immersive, and superbly played. 'Novitiate' creeps up to the brink of "nunsploitation" but remains for the most part giggle-free.
Review by abby ½. "please please please please please please please" - an actual real life quote from this movie, and also me begging for death after i. Though Cathleen is the only novitiate not strictly raised in the Church, she comes to the convent with a serenity and conviction many of her aspiring sisters lack. 'Novitiate': Film Review But that's exactly what Novitiate is, as well as being stylish, impressively performed and intellectually ambitious as it explores convent life in the early. Read the latest movie reviews written by our contributors to help you determine what is worthy to see in theaters Movie Reviews. Out Stealing Horses Review: A Visually Stunning Coming of Age Drama. 'Novitiate' Review: And Then There Were Nuns in Stirring, Soulful Convent Drama. Story of young women becoming brides of Christ during Vatican II reformation gives Melissa Leo a whopper of a role.
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Experience extraordinary performances by Melissa Leo, Margaret Qualley, and Dianna Agron in Novitiate. Perhaps the quietest movie of the year, Maggie Betts' "Novitiate" is a fascinating, unblinking yet respectful look at a time and place: the still. Review and Rating of Drama movie Novitiate directed by Margaret Betts with star cast Margaret Qualley, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor, Melissa Leo.
NEW YORK — Writer-director Margaret Betts takes a stab at a genre that always seems. Novitiate is a movie of allusions, as the characters in its story become pieces with which we can examine the bigger changes outside the NOVITIATE Review. Thank you for rating this movie! In Novitiate, a young woman is torn between her love of God and her own desire.