Rotten
A period story about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell.
Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
Stolen Summer
You saw the back-stabbing. Now see the final cut.
2002 · 1h 31m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Pete Jones
Overview
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.
Director and cast
- Pete Jones Director
- Aidan Quinn as Joe O'Malley
- Bonnie Hunt as Margaret O'Malley
- Kevin Pollak as Rabbi Jacobsen
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Patrick O'Malley
- Lisa Dodson as Mrs. Jacobsen
- Mike Weinberg as Danny Jacobsen
- Adiel Stein as Pete O'Malley (as Adi Stein)
- Brian Dennehy as Father Kelly
- Peggy Roeder as Sister Leonora Mary
- Martin Hughes as Jimmy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here.
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
The kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
Even when his technique is amateurish, Jones' belief in the material is refreshing.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The performances take the movie to a higher level.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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