Heaven Help Us

Heaven Help Us

1985 · 104 min · EN · R · 6.3 (62 votes)
Dir. Michael Dinner · Starring Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare · Music James Horner

If God had wanted them to be angels, He would have given them wings!

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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.

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A bittersweet trip back to Catholic school in the 60s. It feels like a fond, slightly awkward memory of first crushes, mischievous pranks, and the quiet ache of growing up under watchful eyes.

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