Sister Mary Explains It All (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Marshall Brickman

Writers (WGA):

Christopher Durang (play)
Christopher Durang (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

When it comes to sin... she's hell on wheels

Plot:

A bigoted, fannatical nun comes face to face with the lives she ruined through her teachings when a quartet of her traumatised former students crash her Christmas Eve church lecture. |

Plot Keywords:

Nun | Religion | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Diane Keaton	...	Sister Mary Ignatius
Brian Benben	...	Gary Sullivan
Wallace Langham	...	Aloysius Benheim
Laura San Giacomo	...	Angela DiMarco
Jennifer Tilly	...	Philomena Rostovich
Max Morrow	...	Thomas
Martin Mull	...	Skeptical Husband
Victoria Tennant	...	Bitter Divorcee
Joanne Boland	...	Cynthia Johnson
Jon Davey	...	Tony Cardonelli
Joan Gregson	...	Deaf Woman
Linda Kash	...	Skeptical Husband's Wife
B.J. Woodbury	...	Truck Driver
Jocelyne Zucco	...	Mrs. Cardonelli
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Allan	...	Attractive Man #2
Jordan Allison	...	John, Boy in Lighting Booth (as Hunter Scott)
Rebecca Brenner	...	Young Philomena
Michael Cameron	...	Young Gary
Dana Fernald	...	Saintly Girl
Hazel Gorin	...	Elderly Woman
Ken Gorin	...	Elderly Man
Edie Inksetter	...	Woman in Audience #1
Paul MacFarlane	...	Man in Audience #1
Larry Mannell	...	Cynthia's Father
Glen McDonald	...	Attractive Man #1
Aislinn Paul	...	Angel
Gary Pearson	...	Man in Audience #2
Chloe Randle-Reis	...	Young Angela
Kirk Stambler	...	Father Gino
Steven Taylor	...	King Herod
Deborah Tennant	...	Cynthia's Mother
Mari Trainor	...	Woman in Audience #2
Spencer Van Wyck	...	Young Aloysius
Colleen Williams	...	Woman in Audience #3

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Tennant/Stambler Productions

Trivia:

In this movie version of Durang's play, Laura San Giacomo's character's name is Angela DiMarco. However, in the play that character's name is Diane Symonds.

The absurdity of it all expressed beautifully.

Those who have suffered through years of the Sister Marys and the Baltimore Catechism and the ridiculous and simplistic beliefs that are Catholicism will either love this film, or be utterly shocked that their system is so beautifully ridiculed.

The fact that Catholic League President William Donohue blasted Viacom, the owner of Showtime, for showing this is justification enough to watch. Anything that gets Donahue's shorts twisted must be good.

Diane Keaton was just marvelous as Sister Mary. It has to be the best performance I have seen from her.

Of course, I always like to see Laura San Giacomo, who was also great as the good little girl who grew up to the real world and found that there is no God.

Brian Benben, Wallace Langham. and Jennifer Tilly were also fantastic and made this film the real joy that it was.

I would be remiss not to praise Max Morrow as the young actor who was just precious.

Christopher Durang wrote a great play and screenplay that really ties it all together for the mess that it is.