Heaven Help Us

1985
R
1h 44m

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6.9/10

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Teen Romance Comedy Drama Romance

A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

5.2K

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Trivia
Film debut of actors Kevin Dillon, Patrick Dempsey, Stephen Geoffreys, Yeardley Smith, and Maggie Wagner

Goofs
Though set in 1965, virtually every school bus in the film was manufactured in the late-1970s and early-1980s. Most of them were built on truck cowls that didn't exist at the time, and contained features such as amber flashing lights next to the red ones above the windshield, which didn't exist in New York State until 1973.

Quotes
Rooney: I've been kicked off the track team, and without track my grades will be based on
[pause]
Rooney: my grades.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Heaven Help Us/The Mean Season/The Breakfast Club (1985)

Soundtracks
Hallelujah Chorus
Written by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)
Performed by The Roches
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

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Featured review

8/10

Underrated

This gentle, warm comedy set in a Catholic school in New York in 1965 seems to have been overlooked for a longtime. Maybe it got lost amongst the so called 'Brat Pack' movies of the mid eighties or maybe the name change to 'Catholic Boys' for it's UK release didn't help it's recognition. This is certainly a hidden gem with plenty of funny lines from Rooney (Dillon) and a nice understated romance between Michael (McCarthy) and Danni (Masterson) that doesn't get in the way of the plot.However most terrifying are the Brothers presence and their interpertation of the catholic religion. If their is a longer director's cut I would definatly like to see it on DVD. This film is certainly well worth a look at.