Novitiate (2017)
Storyline
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
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Cast
Denis O'Hare, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Melissa Leo, Danny Vinson, Rebecca Dayan, Ashley Bell, Chris Zylka, Marshall Chapman, Kathy Walton, Liana Liberato, Marco St. John, Maddie Hasson, Peggy Walton-Walker, Margaret Qualley, Morgan Saylor, Darla Pelton-Perez, Melissa Nyenhuis, Debbie Swierk, Lucie Carroll, Chelsea Lopez, Eline Powell, Sydney Hoover, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Hannah Renèe Jackson, Eliza Stella Mason, Bill Shick, Angela Fox, Neva Howell, Sasha Mason, Rosemary Brown, Gabe Beutel-Gunn, Lacy Hartselle, Kamryn Boyd, Adele Marie Pomerenke, Cecilia Wyle, Joseph Wilson, Anna Swiney, Kalista Dwyer, Julia Leigh, Laurie Pallotta, Kaitlyn Williams, Rachel Mae Moore, Jeromy Nichols, Abram Knott, Gabriela Contaldo, Nettie Kraft, Juliana Dougherty, Sydney Harris, Jordan Price, Kirk H. Andersen, Ashley Hargrove, Monty Powers, Jeffrey Wilkerson, Courtney Cook, Kerry Graul, Jenny Revord, Bryan Fields, David Alan Spodeck, Kurstan Buck, Tallie Fausnaught, Robert Happy Allen, Shelton Tison, Carter Stewart, Kadence Riggs, Valeigh Rhiannon Alford, Kylie Knott, Abby Harkins, Jasmin Maya Larsen, Stephanie Heuer, Tonya Webb, Shelby Johnson, Emma Barberi, Shayna-Raye Funderburk, Emma Grace Peper, Victoria Bradford, Phillip Trammel
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Reviews
91
Both introspective and entertaining, Betts never forgets that her young nuns are still teenage girls, and Novitiate rings as true as any other film about coming of age.
80
Novitiate sure-handedly takes us inside the world of belief with care, concern and a piercing, discerning eye.
75
Holy moly, Melissa Leo makes a scary Mother Superior.
70
Wall Street Journal
Gradually, though, it wins you over with endearing performances and a clarity of purpose. If that sounds faintly patronizing, it isn’t meant to.
70
Ms. Betts refrains from easy, uplifting answers and facile condemnations of organized religion. Aided by Kat Westergaard’s warm, restrained cinematography, she takes the viewer close to an understanding of Cathleen’s evolving sense of her relationship with God.
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