Reviews

• Sister Helen don't take no bull.

  V.A. Musetto - New York Post
  
  27 April 2013

• Using a fly-on-the-wall camera technique that suggests the cinéma vérité documentaries of Frederick Wiseman, Ms. Cammisa and Mr. Fruchtman vividly capture the dynamic of tenderness and rage that characterizes Sister Helen's relationship with the 21 men who live under her roof.

  Dave Kehr - The New York Times
  
  27 April 2013

• Riveting portrait of a straight-talking, tough-loving Benedictine nun in charge of a South Bronx home for recovering substance abusers.

  Joe Leydon - Variety
  
  27 April 2013

• An unforgettable tribute to a remarkable life, Sister Helen is inspirational in a way a film about a more conventionally pious religious figure could never be. Travis seems to be the antithesis of a cardboard saint.

  Nathan Rabin - The A.V. Club
  
  27 April 2013

• The unspoken question that underlies their struggles is whether a facility run by sheer force of personality can survive when that personality is gone; the film ends on a cautiously hopeful note.

  Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
  
  27 April 2013