"And Underneath Her Wimple, She Has CURLERS, In Her Hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                 Oh, my God, girls, I cannot wait to see what has got to be the Catholic movie of the year.  All right, maybe it is the only Catholic movie of the year, but it is far removed from the territory of "The Trouble With Angels."

                                   "Novitiate" is set in 1964, when I was 9, and the Catholic Church was in flux.  I am demanding right now a commission of some percentage for the screenplay, because I am convinced someone connected to the film has read my blog posts on "The Song Of Bernadette," and bodies being "pain wracked, from stone floors!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                      Melissa Leo, as Reverend Mother, is setting herself out to be the scariest example of a nun, since Gladys Cooper as Sister Marie Therese Vazous, in "The Song Of Bernadette."

                                        She runs the convent of the Sisters Of The Blessed Rose, where the young women not only have to scrub those stone floors, but crawl across them, torturing their bodies, while reciting "Hail Mary's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                        This has to be seen to be believed.  The reviews do not suggest camp, but come on--one young woman is inspired by Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story?"  Doesn't she recall how that film ends?--Audrey chooses to leave the convent, and the film closes with a long shot of her walking into the distance, and presumably hell, but actually into the arms of Jack L. Warner, who would eventually cast her in "My Fair Lady," with the sound of her shoes hitting the cobblestones with each distancing step.  Bet this novice will not last, either.  The one who should have inspired her is Jennifer Jones, in "The Song Of Bernadette."

                                          Catholics are going to eat up this film, like candy!  I cannot wait to learn all of Melissa Leo's lines, and try them out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                            That Melissa!   She is building for herself a reputation as the Louise Fletcher Of Her Generation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               I shall SO look forward to reporting back to you on this one, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!