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Catholics allowed their children to be subjected to this kind of child abuse? I don't understand how or why they are allowed to exist as a "so called religious organization"! But, as a major part of Babylon The Great, the world empire of false religion, they will soon be destroyed by our Heavenly Father. He will not stand to have this kind of corruption, that even today, I imagine, continues to exist in the schools across the world. Parents need to be held accountable too.
I don’t understand how this movie is never mentioned when people talk about brat pack movies .. one of my favourite underrated pictures along with the flamingo kid
Andrew McCartney was such a heartthrob so dreamy😍 I felt like a school girl watching him again . What a great 80s throwback . What a time to be alive ❤
As an individual who suffered from the corporal punishment whims of parents and teachers during the 50s and 60s the punishments suffered in this movie are only too vivid. I am not ever saying I was innocent but some of the times I was reduced to tears and degradation and worst of all the humiliation was almost unbearable. Then to walk into the play ground and be bullied. Life in school was so wonderful. Is it any wonder I joined the navy at 16? I needed out of there. At least the navy gave me purpose and solid structure without physical pain and humiliation. I also learned to hide my transgressions better.
My first husband went to a Catholic boys home in the 1950s because he was severely hyper active and they didn't understand how to deal with him. He told me a lot of personal stories about how they were all treated 😢
So Sorry you had to go through that. Hopefully it didn’t taint who Jesus is &that you know him apart from the Catholic Church and the disappointments of any church.
@@crkayne7445 it was jesus that was evil. HOW can there be a jesus and et cetera, when innocent children are brutalized by alcoholic monster. There is NO poofy boss who will save you when you die and rot and turn into other things. Love could NOT have evolved were it not for death, and NO priest i was ever unfortunate enough to meet since earliest life through now, was a good person, but only a fkn monster attempting to violate and rule over children.
1:28:31 He opens the bag and sees the statue's head in there, right when Bro. Thaddeus says, "What is AHEAD for you is extraordinary" ... perfectly timed.
Can’t thankyou enough for posting this gem. I’ve been wanting to watch this movie again for such a long time because imo it was the best 80s movie & was hugely underrated.
BEAUTIFUL, SENSITIVE, HUMOROUS Engaging from beginning to end, relatable, not just a walk down memory lane but a presentation of what life can be when we are real, alive, awake.
I have to admire the chubby guy. He may get name called but hes still superior and exudes a certain confidence because of his intellectual ability and eloquence.
I went to a co-ed Catholic elementary school in the NYC area from the late '60s to the early '70s. Although we didn't have brothers, we had nuns and priests that beat us.
Okay, i think I have the answer to the tap shoe question. This is unfamiliar now, because most neighborhood cobblers are a thing of the past. So since people were using traditional shoes, in other words not constantly wearing sneakers, the heels on your shoes needed to be changed when they would wear down on the concrete. So to extend the life of your heels, the shoemaker could add a tap to the heel. The tap could be rubber, more discreet, or a metal tap, very noisy but your heels would last almost forever. Remember most people were pedestrians, not driving constantly, so maintaining walking shoes in good condition was a thing people took seriously. Hope that helps. The little details that make this movie work! 🎭📽️🎭
This was not exactly a Catholic school, it was a Franciscan Friars school. A more strict environment. And, having spent K through 8 in a Catholic school, I can tell you Catholic schools are not at all like what you see in Brother Constance. There were strict rules, but never once was corporal punishment used. You think that could be gotten away with today? Today if you so much as hurt a kid's feelings with a look and an unexpressed thought they'll arrest you for "abuse". Once upon a time 50 or 60 years ago, schools were allowed to discipline kids harshly. But, that has not been the case in at least 50 years. Today, you can rest easy knowing that young kids are being psychologically damaged in the safety of public schools, being told there's no such thing as boys or girls, and that they can choose their sex. By comparison it makes a school like St. Basil's look like a spa.
@@e.l.nortonI went to a Catholic elementary school in the early to mid 80s. Like many then, it struggled with resources and enrollment. Corporal punishment had been eliminated several years before I started, but it was still a suffocating, dreadful environment, especially for a smart skinny kid who was skipped ahead in math 2 grades and 1 in English to incur the hate of three different grades. Bullying was rampant and it would have been worse had my older brother not been looking out for me. A 10 year old feeling trapped, full of despair and hopelessness, long enough to develop lifelong issues with anxiety and depression. Getting sent to public middle school was literally like being granted parole. Maybe part of the reason I enjoyed this movie this much and watched it many times was that I realized some kids may have had it worse than I did.
I loved this movie. And thanks for sharing. As for me, born in Brooklyn, and growing up in New York in a STRICT Italian (and catholic) family - This is 110% accurate! In real life there were more cuss / 4-letter words! haha!
I came here because of a PSYCH ep. Where Andrew McCarthy was mentioned, Shawn is always comparing people to the "Brat Pack" characters or actors😅...they mentioned Pretty in Pink ,but, since i already saw that movie..🤷🏻♀️ here i am..🤓
"There is a BEAST living inside of each and every one of YOU!" Thank you Father. Allow me to unleash my Beast! Roar! lol Classic movie.....loved this as a kid. So happy to see this on here.
"Rooney" sounding much like his bully brother "Moody" (My Bodyguard). Lol. "Heaven Help Us" is definitely an underrated film. Really strong performances & soild writing!
Ugh i know Catholic schools existed like this but that wasn't my experience in the 1980s in Chicago, so this is just a drag to see abusive mean priests and bullied teens. There were a couple sour pusses, but we had this great dynamic nun as a principal. She wore matching pant suits, and we had this bubbly "attendance counselor" who was like Kathy Najimy in Sister Act and a layperson teaching religion who was this cool lady, an activist for all kinds of social justice causes to help women, poor people, the environment and peace. We had fun, and were involved in lots of social justice projects, marching for peace for instance. We learned character using not only bible, but the Serendipity books by Cosgrove. I just had the best experience there so it's sad to see the ugly side of the religious experience for so many.
Caught this one on tv over thirty years ago when I was around twelve, been thinking about it lately so thought I'd see if it was on RU-vid, guess I'll be watching this tonight. Great movie, was it released as Catholic Boys in the UK and Heaven Help Us in the States?
My "stern" middle-school teacher was Mister Howarth. Just as brutal! I still have half of his plastic meter stick he whipped us with (I use it as a straight edge in my tool box)!
I can't stomach the scene where the boys are forced to stand naked in front of "The Brother", knowing the sick crimes committed against children by The Church.
Real good movie, the first time for me. The thing is I get really mad when I see and hear these perverted sick priests, cant help it just so ill this catholic behavior. Thanks for the film.
