i be a catholic taught in parochial elementary school by nun and taught by jesuit priest in high school and college . i be still a practicing catholic but would not be consider a good catholic in the church eye because i do not believe certain thing or act certain way just because the church tell me to . so back to the movie . it bad because two people be kill by this nun who be suppose to be a satire a the embodiment of a female religious figurehead . there be no comedy in that and the satire be not do well by the over acting of diane keaton . i never saw the play but if it be very different from this movie then it may be good . at first i think the gun might be a fake and the first shoot all a plan by the female lead of the four former student a an attempt to demonstrate sister mary emotional and intellectual bigotry of faith . but it turn out the bullet be real and the story have tragedy . the tragedy of loss of life ( besides the two former student . the life of the aborted baby and the life of the student mom ) and the tragedy of dogmatic authority over love of people and the tragedy of organize religion replace true faith in god . this be what be wrong with today islam and and yesterday judaism and christianity .