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March 6, 2018

87 months ago

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DVD
Mar 6, 2018
87 months ago
Blu-ray
Mar 6, 2018
87 months ago
VOD
Mar 6, 2018
87 months ago
Cinema
Oct 27, 2017
92 months ago

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Novitiate

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Spanning the early 1950s through the mid-'60s, this coming-of-age s...
Spanning the early 1950s through the mid-'60s, this coming-of-age story is about a young girl's first love. In this case, her first love is God. Raised by a deeply caring, non-religious mother, Cathleen is drawn to the heady mysticism of the lives of Catholic nuns and their undying romantic devotion to their chosen husband, Jesus Christ. She enrolls in a training program with The Sisters of Ble...
Spanning the early 1950s through the mid-'60s, this coming-of-age story is about a young girl's first love. In this case, her first love is God. Raised by a deeply caring, non-religious mother, Cathleen is drawn to the heady mysticism of the lives of Catholic nuns and their undying romantic devotion to their chosen husband, Jesus Christ. She enrolls in a training program with The Sisters of Blessed Rose, a cloistered convent. As Cathleen progresses from the postulant to the novitiate levels of her tutelage, her faith is challenged by the harsh, often inhumane realities of being a nun, just as Pope John XXIII's announcement of the Second Vatican Council threatens to alter the course of nuns' lives forever.
DramaMargaret BettsMargaret QualleyDianna AgronLiana LiberatoMelissa LeoEline PowellJulianne NicholsonMorgan SaylorSony Pictures Classics
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What the critics say

Based on 12 reviews, Novitiate gets an average review score of 73

90/100
variety.com
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Margaret Qualley and a fire-breathing Melissa Leo make vivid impressions in Maggie Betts' intelligent, ambiguous nunnery drama.

2735d ago

3.5/4
rollingstone.com
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Story of young women becoming brides of Christ during Vatican II reformation gives Melissa Leo a whopper of a role.

2735d ago

B/A+
ew.com
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Novitiate is an intriguing testament to the limits of faith.

2735d ago

3/4
nypost.com
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Holy moly, Melissa Leo makes a scary Mother Superior.

2735d ago

B-/A+
thefilmstage.com
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Novitiate offers harrowing moments that could have had more impact with a slower tempo.

2735d ago

3/4
rogerebert.com
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Writer/director Margaret Betts explores this mystical passion in “Novitiate,” her thematically ambitious, technically-precise feature debut.

2735d ago

B-/A+
avclub.com
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Melissa Leo’s superb supporting performance should have been the center of Novitiate.

2735d ago

70/100
wsj.com
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A young woman enters the convent at a time of major doctrinal changes in Maggie Betts’s debut feature.

2735d ago

70/100
nytimes.com
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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.

2735d ago

2.5/4
slantmagazine.com
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The vacillating nature of Melissa Leo's Mother Reverend is characteristic of Margaret Betts's Novitiate as a whole.

2735d ago

60/100
thewrap.com
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Leo’s ferocious Reverend Mother anchors the film when it strays into stylization or an excess of repressed sexuality.

2735d ago

60/100
villagevoice.com
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This well-acted drama about teenage girls preparing to become nuns doesn’t always connect.

2735d ago

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