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| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 6,070,794 |
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.
Though set in 1965, a 1967 Pontiac is visible on the street outside the schoolyard.
| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 6,070,794 |
It is an article of faith among certain Protestants that every Catholic is tormented by sexual guilt, a guilt inculcated in them by priests who, because they have no sex life of their own, take an unhealthily prurient interest in everyone else's. The script for "Catholic Boys", as "Heaven Help Us" is generally known in Britain, would appear to have been written by a Protestant of this particular creed.
This film is a classic example of Catholic School in the not so good old days. The performances are right on and the production values are very good.
This expensive Spelling blending of "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island" was already out-of-date when produced in 1994. The concept was so tired - parade a bunch of "retired" older TV actors through predictable romantic plots - that the producers switched gears in mid-stream, and populated the remaining episodes with many of Spelling's younger talent pool.
I am a C&E (Christmas and Easter)Catholic and survivor of 12 years of Catholic education. With an entry like that, one might think I'm about to flame the Church and the education it provided me.
I grew up watching this quite a bit but no one ever seems to have heard of it. I got really excited when I saw that it was on Amazon - Cinemax.
Heaven Help Us is a wonderfully hilarious and endearing film. The cast is perfect!
OK, so a couple reviewers thought this film was anti-Catholic, and with that attitude couldn't see the film for what it was. A Comedy, with some Drama, and actually a very very good film.
I disagree with previous reviewers who called this movie anti-catholic bigotry. I think the humor is in good fun, and the film is ultimately respectful of Catholic worship and traditions.
Director Michael Dinner's wildly unheralded film about life in a Catholic boy's school in Brooklyn circa 1965. Andrew McCarthy, in what is probably his best performance (and role), is the new kid at the school, which is run by strict principal Donald Sutherland and ruled with an iron paddle by psychotic Brother Jay Patterson .
