Sentences with phrase «novitiate plays»

Her sincere desire to be a bride of Christ is first challenged by the borderline sadism with which Blessed Rose's Reverend Mother (Melissa Leo) runs the convent — for a while, Novitiate plays like a distaff Full Metal Jacket, with nuns in training systematically humiliated and emotionally abused by what amounts to a soft - spoken drill sergeant in a habit.

I love Julianne Nicholson [who plays the atheist single mother of Cathleen, the young novitiate played by Margaret Qualley].

Not exact matches

Then there are Andrea Riseborough (Battle of the Sexes) as the hairdresser who catches Billie Jean King's eye — and for good reason; Julianne Moore (Wonderstruck) in dual roles that traverse decades; Melissa Leo (Novitiate) as a Reverend Mother in crisis as the Catholic church attempts reform; Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World) as Gail Harris, once married to a Getty and now unable to pay her son's kidnapping ransom; and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water) playing Zelda, a chatty co-worker and close confidant to Sally Hawkins» mute protagonist at a top - secret U.S. government facility.

«Novitiate» plays a bit like «Top Gun» for nuns; call it «Top Nun.»