Novitiate
2017, Drama, 2h 3m
101 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Led by a gripping performance from Melissa Leo, Novitiate grapples uncompromisingly -- and ultimately compellingly -- with questions of faith and feminism. Read critic reviews
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Novitiate is a beguiling movie that requires a thorough examination of your own conscience and connection to religion.
November 20, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Most films, especially mainstream ones, are about the forces that whirl around characters. "Novitiate" grapples with what's going on inside them.
November 16, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Leo owns the film. Even when she's not onscreen, the character's heavy, leaden love for her God by all means necessary hovers, wraithlike, over novitiates and viewers alike.
November 16, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
In Leo, it presents a remarkable portrait of a complex woman struggling with forces beyond her control.
November 15, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
[Reverend Mother Leo's] countenance alternates between a stony smile and a twisted snarl, except for the moments when the changes wrought by Vatican II threaten to loosen her iron grip over her young charges. Then she simply goes to pieces.
November 10, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… -
There are times when Novitiate tests the viewer's endurance - it's a beautifully shot movie, but it runs more than two hours, and lingering compositions of silent nuns and novitiates start to feel unsupported by the story.
November 9, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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Novitiate is a beguiling movie that requires a thorough examination of your own conscience and connection to religion.
November 20, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Most films, especially mainstream ones, are about the forces that whirl around characters. "Novitiate" grapples with what's going on inside them.
November 16, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Leo owns the film. Even when she's not onscreen, the character's heavy, leaden love for her God by all means necessary hovers, wraithlike, over novitiates and viewers alike.
November 16, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
In Leo, it presents a remarkable portrait of a complex woman struggling with forces beyond her control.
November 15, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
A true ensemble piece of sacred cinema.
September 18, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0 | Full Review… -
Veteran character actress Melissa Leo steals every scene she's in.
June 3, 2020 | Full Review…
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