Most nuns are not like Sister Helen -- she's tough as nails, can curse like a sailor, and woe be unto anyone who gets on her bad side. But most nuns probably haven't had a past like Sister Helen's, ei... read more 
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October 23, 2003
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
October 23, 2003
Dave Kehr, New York Times
Ms. Cammisa and Mr. Fruchtman vividly capture the dynamic of tenderness and rage that characterizes Sister Helen's relationship with the 21 men who live under her roof. Full Review
October 23, 2003
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Sister Helen is a bona fide original, and her vitality crackles in every frame. Full Review
October 21, 2003
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
She smacks down addict con games with feisty-old- dame-isms, but the shtick wears thin. Full Review
February 2, 2005
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
[A] powerful tribute to an extraordinary woman... Full Review
October 24, 2003
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Though her no-nonsense brand of tough love isn't the stuff of greeting cards, it helped build a remarkably successful halfway house for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics without government help o... Full Review
October 24, 2003
Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
God bless Sister Helen Travis, with her foul mouth, black wimple… and irascible, abrasive attitude. She might be a bit crazy… but she's also the best thing that's happened to [her charges] i... Full Review
October 23, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Sister Helen profiles a tough, compassionate servant of God running a half-way house in the South Bronx who tried to give others what she cherished most in life--a second chance. Full Review
October 13, 2003
Eric D. Snider, EricDSnider.com
If it weren't 100 percent true, it would be perfectly acceptable as fiction. Real life, it turns out, CAN be interesting. Full Review
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