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If you have a desire to learn about Christian religion quickly, this movie will provide a short course. The monologue is delivered by the main character, Diane Keaton, who plays the role of the flamboyant nun quite forcefully and in a somewhat humorous fashion.
[That is how, in my imagination, a good American Christian nun should behave, except for the shootings that occur towards the end. But perhaps there is a social message implied in the shootings regarding life in USA!!]
The bullying of the young boy, Walter, on the stage by the nun, to impress the audience, makes one uncomfortable. Poor Walter has to fetch water for the nun and recite from the Bible instead of reading comic books!
We learn from the sister, that there is not only Heaven and Hell, but also Purgatory where less serious sins can be washed away by repenting for a few years. We already know the role of Confessions because we have seen confessions being made in other movies. The nun then categorizes the sins that send you to purgatory and others that send you straight to hell.Shockingly, the nun has even compiled a list of some public figures of the time going to hell. The important fact you learn from all of this is that the church people decide where you go after committing sins (hell or purgatory) and do not leave the decision making to the almighty God!!
To show how the modern young people take religion so casually, we have four young people appear on the stage after 25 years to meet their religious teacher (nun) and replay the scene of the birth of Christ. It is obvious that they have opposing views and one of them even wants to kill the nun for putting all the religious garbage in their head!! There is a gay student as well.
Diane Keaton is excellent as the nun. The makers of the movie should be congratulated for taking the risk in making this movie because not many non-christian people will have interest in watching it.
If you have a desire to learn about Christian religion quickly, this movie will provide a short course. The monologue is delivered by the main character, Diane Keaton, who plays the role of the flamboyant nun quite forcefully and in a somewhat humorous fashion.
[That is how, in my imagination, a good American Christian nun should behave, except for the shootings that occur towards the end. But perhaps there is a social message implied in the shootings regarding life in USA!!]
The bullying of the young boy, Walter, on the stage by the nun, to impress the audience, makes one uncomfortable. Poor Walter has to fetch water for the nun and recite from the Bible instead of reading comic books!
We learn from the sister, that there is not only Heaven and Hell, but also Purgatory where less serious sins can be washed away by repenting for a few years. We already know the role of Confessions because we have seen confessions being made in other movies. The nun then categorizes the sins that send you to purgatory and others that send you straight to hell.Shockingly, the nun has even compiled a list of some public figures of the time going to hell. The important fact you learn from all of this is that the church people decide where you go after committing sins (hell or purgatory) and do not leave the decision making to the almighty God!!
To show how the modern young people take religion so casually, we have four young people appear on the stage after 25 years to meet their religious teacher (nun) and replay the scene of the birth of Christ. It is obvious that they have opposing views and one of them even wants to kill the nun for putting all the religious garbage in their head!! There is a gay student as well.
Diane Keaton is excellent as the nun. The makers of the movie should be congratulated for taking the risk in making this movie because not many non-christian people will have interest in watching it.
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