a a lapsed catholic who have 11 year of catholic school and but hasn not be to mass in 35 year except for wedding and funeral and i thought i would get a kick out of this . and i do . . . for the first two third of the movie . it be all the standard stuff strict parochial school teaching and repress sexuality and etc . but then and suddenly and the movie turn mean . really mean . now mind you and i saw this before the pedophilia scandal hit . . . and maybe i wouldn not have be quite so offended at such nasty and hateful dig at the catholic church if i would know about those abomination ( such a catholic term . ) and coverups . it be a few year since i rent the video and and i would not go back to rent it again with a new perspective . it just leave such a dirty and nasty and ugly taste in my mouth . . . i wonder what experience all the actor have with the church and because either they really hate it and or they whore themselves for the paycheck . it an incredibly anti catholic movie and offensive to anyone who have a glimmer of a gleam of respect for catholic education . which i still do because there be no good teacher back in the 50 . whatever else those nun do and they force me to learn how to read and write the english language . they make u memorize . ( how many kid today can do simple arithmetic in their head . ) truth be and there nothing more essential for success in america . can ya read . can ya add or subtract or multiply or divide . great . you can get any advanced degree you want . and the discipline of catholic education will stand you in good stead and not just a you continue your study and but also for the rest of your life and no matter what you think of the catholic mythology we all have to learn . such a great cast and such a lousy and rotten script . i really feel bad ( and no and it not badly trust me and the nun teach me good ) for the writer and director . i think i have mixed emotion about catholic school . but the participant in this project must have be those bad ( ie . e and stupid ) kid who sit in the back of the room and if they be willingly involve in make this movie .