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  1. Nov 4, 2021 Full Review Nell Minow AWFJ.org Maggie Betts' first feature is remarkably assured, bringing us into a hidden world filled with complex characters struggling with issues of faith ...

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      Spanning over a decade from the early 1950s through to the...

  2. Superior performances by Melissa Leo and newcomer Margaret Qualley bring Margaret Betts' convent drama Novitiate into sharp, aching focus. Full Review | Nov 4, 2021

  3. Oct 26, 2017 · 'Novitiate' explores the agony and the ecstasy of young women pledging themselves to the Lord in 1964 – read Peter Travers' rave review.

  4. Oct 27, 2017 · Novitiate” explores what happens when the girls’ natural sexual urges begin to bubble up—for men they’ve not yet met, for each other, for God Himself—and how they clash with the inherent chastity of their calling.

  5. Oct 27, 2017 · Aubrey Page reviews nun drama Novitiate, the feature film debut from Margaret Betts, starring Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo and Dianna Agron.

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  6. Oct 27, 2017 · Raised by a non-religious, single mother in rural Tennessee, a scholarship to Catholic school soon finds Cathleen drawn into the mystery and romanticism of a life devoted to the worship and servitude of God. With the dawn of the Vatican II era, radical changes in the Church are threatening the course of nuns’ lives.

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  8. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 86% based on 101 reviews, and an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads, "Led by a gripping performance from Melissa Leo, Novitiate grapples uncompromisingly – and ultimately compellingly – with questions of faith and feminism." [12]

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