The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:14
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This GOING MY WAY sequel stars Bing Crosby, reprising his role as worldly-wise Father Chuck O'Malley, and introduces Crosby's beloved song "Aren't You Glad You're You?" Father O'Malley is... [More]
Starring: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan
Director: Leo McCarey
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Reviews for The Bells of St. Mary's
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As Sister Benedict, Ingrid Bergman manages to combine beauty, great good humor and saintly dignity even while swinging a baseball bat. Full Review |
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[Bergman's] clashes with Crosby...are moments that will have an audience alternately laughing and sniffling. Full Review |
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B+ |
Before singing nuns, there were singing priests, such as Bing Crosby as Father O'Malley in Leo McCarey's charming sequel that's better (and was more popular at the box-office) than the original, the 1944 Oscar-winner Going My Way. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Only a nitch less entertaining than 'Going My Way,' but Ingrid Bergman's nun helps in the balance.
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B- |
Winsome and highly commercial sequel to Going My Way. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Touchingly sentimental, but strong in all the right places. Full Review |
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Rambling [and] embarrassingly winsome... Full Review |
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3/5 |
Good cast, good direction, but not near its parent film.
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Dripping with sentiment, but who cares when you've got Bergman as the singing nun? Full Review |
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Seldom has a sequel so completely transcended its predecessor. Full Review |
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