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64% Critic Match
Heaven Help Us
“If God had wanted them to be angels, He would have given them wings!”
6.4 / 10• 1985• 1h 44m•R• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
Cast & Crew
Donald Sutherland
Brother Thadeus
Lead
John Heard
Brother Timothy
Andrew McCarthy
Michael Dunn
Mary Stuart Masterson
Danni
Kevin Dillon
Rooney
Malcolm Danare
Caesar
Jennifer Dundas
Boo
Kate Reid
Grandma
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Dinner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Heaven Help Us is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
