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  • Summary: A documentary profile of a 69-year old Benedictine Sister who ran a 23-bed halfway house in the tough Mott Haven section of the South Bronx.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. A memorable portrait of a true New York character, Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa's documentary ably captures the blazing force at its center.
  2. 75
    Sister Helen don't take no bull.
  3. 60
    The unspoken question that underlies their struggles is whether a facility run by sheer force of personality can survive when that personality is gone; the film ends on a cautiously hopeful note.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. KenD.
    10
    Recommend to all, but don't watch if you expect to hear and see saintly beings! They are the real deal. All are angels without halos.
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