Heaven Help Us (1985)

Directed by

Michael Dinner

Genre

comedy film, drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in a 1960s Brooklyn Catholic school, this film follows a group of teenage boys navigating friendships, crushes, and clashes with strict teachers. The story mixes awkward humor with sincere moments of growing up.

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What happens

Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys) is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Dinner. It stars Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare, Patrick Dempsey (in his film debut) and Stephen Geoffreys as a group of Brooklyn teenagers, with Jay Patterson, Wallace Shawn, John Heard and Donald Sutherland as the teachers and administrators at the private Catholic school the boys attend in the 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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