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Led by a gripping performance from Melissa Leo, Novitiate grapples uncompromisingly -- and ultimately compellingly -- with questions of faith and feminism.
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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…
Most films, especially mainstream ones, are about the forces that whirl around characters. "Novitiate" grapples with what's going on inside them.
Calvin Wilson
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…
In Leo, it presents a remarkable portrait of a complex woman struggling with forces beyond her control.
Moira MacDonald
[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…
[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.
Matthew Lickona
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…
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.
Gary Thompson
The film raises interesting questions, but the answers remain elusive, and whether that makes for a compelling cinematic experience is entirely in the eye of the beholder. November 9, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film raises interesting questions, but the answers remain elusive, and whether that makes for a compelling cinematic experience is entirely in the eye of the beholder.
Kerry Lengel
It's well worth seeing ... not least for the ways it conveys the profound intensity of religious devotion and the costs such devotion can exact. November 9, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's well worth seeing ... not least for the ways it conveys the profound intensity of religious devotion and the costs such devotion can exact.
Ty Burr
Veteran character actress Melissa Leo steals every scene she's in. June 3, 2020 | Full Review…
Veteran character actress Melissa Leo steals every scene she's in.
David Lamble
Novitiate is filled with wonderful young actresses who are given the chance to create complex and complicated characters, with unique issues and personalities. May 19, 2020 | Full Review…
Novitiate is filled with wonderful young actresses who are given the chance to create complex and complicated characters, with unique issues and personalities.
Steven Prokopy
One wishes Novitiate had tackled the matter head on as opposed to through low-impact drama... February 5, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
One wishes Novitiate had tackled the matter head on as opposed to through low-impact drama...
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Betts' achievement resembles the melodramatic textures of the iconic Audrey Hepburn vehicle A Nun's Story (which gets a textual reference) mixed with a (slight) dash of Madchen in Uniform sexual repression. October 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Betts' achievement resembles the melodramatic textures of the iconic Audrey Hepburn vehicle A Nun's Story (which gets a textual reference) mixed with a (slight) dash of Madchen in Uniform sexual repression.
Nicholas Bell
Novitiate, the feature-length debut of Sundance Film Festival's Breakthrough Director winner, Maggie Betts, is a stylish and ambitious take on a historical moment in the transformation of Catholicism. July 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Novitiate, the feature-length debut of Sundance Film Festival's Breakthrough Director winner, Maggie Betts, is a stylish and ambitious take on a historical moment in the transformation of Catholicism.
Sara Clements
Leo and Qualley shine during a dim view of the "Novitiate". June 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Leo and Qualley shine during a dim view of the "Novitiate".
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