|
| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: February 8, 1985 |
Starring:
Andrew McCarthy, Donald Sutherland, Jay Patterson, Jennifer Dundas, John Heard, Kate Reid, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare, Mary Stuart Masterson, Wallace Shawn
Summary:
A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
Watch Now
| Stream On |
|
A reasonably engaging kids' flick that is given humor and heartbreak by director Michael Dinner and a cast of splendidly scruffy young players. [11 Feb 1985, p.73]
It's an unambitious, derivative but engaging little comedy...It's hardly original. It's hardly deep. But, in contrast with much of its genre ("Porky's" and its progeny), it's a model of sophistication, decorum and even taste. It has crass moments and cheap shots, but it's still good: cleverly thought out and gracefully filmed by first-time film director Michael Dinner, who directed the PBS "Miss Lonelyhearts."
Read full review
Heaven Help Us has assembled a lot of the right elements for a movie about a Catholic boys' high school - the locations, the actors, and a lot of the right memories. But it has not found its tone. Maybe the filmmakers just never did really decide what they thought about the subject. For their penance, they should see "Rock and Roll High School."
Read full review
A hellishly bad film. [8 Feb 1985, p.9]
Mar 30, 2020
Hilarious comedy set in a Catholic boys school in 1962. Well worth tracking down!
0 of 1 users found this helpful01
More From Metacritic
Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
