Sister Helen

Name: Sister Helen
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 24, 2003
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 64

2003

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HBO Films | Release Date: October 24, 2003

Summary: A documentary profile of a 69-year old Benedictine Sister who ran a 23-bed halfway house in the tough Mott Haven section of the South Bronx.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa and Rob Fruchtman

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 90 min

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Elizabeth Weitzman

A memorable portrait of a true New York character, Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa's documentary ably captures the blazing force at its center. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Sister Helen don't take no bull. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Using a fly-on-the-wall camera technique that suggests the cinéma vérité documentaries of Frederick Wiseman, Ms. Cammisa and Mr. Fruchtman vividly capture the dynamic of tenderness and rage that characterizes Sister Helen's relationship with the 21 men who live under her roof. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

An unforgettable tribute to a remarkable life, Sister Helen is inspirational in a way a film about a more conventionally pious religious figure could never be. Travis seems to be the antithesis of a cardboard saint. Read full review

Eric Campos

See the true story of Sister Helen and her band of weary men now. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The unspoken question that underlies their struggles is whether a facility run by sheer force of personality can survive when that personality is gone; the film ends on a cautiously hopeful note. Read full review

Laura Sinagra

Perhaps if Sister Helen had been released when filming was completed in 2000, its tough-loving Irish nun, who gives hell to male drug addicts in a Mott Haven "safe house," might have passed for endearing. Read full review

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KenD.

Jul 13, 2006

Recommend to all, but don't watch if you expect to hear and see saintly beings! They are the real deal. All are angels without halos.

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