Three nuns--Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Morore), Irene (Barbara McNair) and Barbara (Jane Elliot)--dress up in everyday clothes and go to work at a free clinic in a terrible part of the city run by Dr. John Capenter (Elvis Presley). He doesn't know they're nuns and falls in love with Moore pretty quickly.
This is a terrible movie--no two ways about it. The script is just pathetic--full of unfunny "humor", tired "hip" dialogue and insultingly dated social issues. Poor Elliot has the worst lines but she does wonders with them. Presley sings only four songs (none are bad but not memorable either) and his acting is LOUSY. No surprise that this was his last feature film. Moore and McNair are very good in their roles. Also there's an atrocious overdose of sexist lines, more than a few swipes at the Catholic church and questionable ways to deal with kids. One little girl is autistic so Presley and Moore hold her down, order her to be mad and while she screams and tries to get away they tell her they love her! This borders of child abuse! But hey it's OK cause--get this!--it CURES HER AUTISM!!! That part almost had me heaving the TV out the window:) The big question is can will Moore leave the order to join Elvis or not? Guess who wins? Well--the movie doesn't tell you! They leave it hanging! So it's lousy but it worked in a good/bad way:)
Look for future MTM costar Edward Asner in a small role as a cop and 1950s star Richard Carlson as a bishop.
This is a terrible movie--no two ways about it. The script is just pathetic--full of unfunny "humor", tired "hip" dialogue and insultingly dated social issues. Poor Elliot has the worst lines but she does wonders with them. Presley sings only four songs (none are bad but not memorable either) and his acting is LOUSY. No surprise that this was his last feature film. Moore and McNair are very good in their roles. Also there's an atrocious overdose of sexist lines, more than a few swipes at the Catholic church and questionable ways to deal with kids. One little girl is autistic so Presley and Moore hold her down, order her to be mad and while she screams and tries to get away they tell her they love her! This borders of child abuse! But hey it's OK cause--get this!--it CURES HER AUTISM!!! That part almost had me heaving the TV out the window:) The big question is can will Moore leave the order to join Elvis or not? Guess who wins? Well--the movie doesn't tell you! They leave it hanging! So it's lousy but it worked in a good/bad way:)
Look for future MTM costar Edward Asner in a small role as a cop and 1950s star Richard Carlson as a bishop.