- Content: “A Journey of Laughter and Healing”
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What You Need To Know:
HOLY DAYS skillfully blends humor and heartbreak, bringing the story to a satisfying conclusion. The character arcs are excellent, and the score supports the emotional journey. It has a strong moral, redemptive worldview of forgiveness and reconciliation. A boy filled with hate has a change of heart and moves towards forgiveness. Catholicism is central to the plot, with nuns, religious attire and prayer featured throughout. However, over time, the nuns smoke, drink, and use inappropriate language. HOLY DAYS doesn’t condemn this behavior but treats it as comedic. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children, teenagers, and sensitive adults.
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A strong moral, redemptive worldview of forgiveness appears alongside reconciliation. Catholicism is central to the plot with nuns, religious attire and prayer throughout however, mixed views of morality appear as some characters depart their held values to do sinful acts like smoking, drinking, and using profane words. The movie doesn’t condemn this but treats it as comedic, presenting it as positive or acceptable;
Multiple profanities, including “OMG”, “WTH,” and Christ’s name used in vain. We also hear “bastard” once. A boy seeks penance for abusing Christ’s name. A character unintentionally says the wrong words for things like “prostituted” instead of “prosecuted”. A child gives his stepmom a note saying she’s a witch and should go to hell. A child briefly gives the middle finger. An elderly lady quotes a Bible verse that mentions genitals;
An elderly lady dies peacefully. A boy throws a tantrum and destroys some things; he also yells at his stepmom that he hates her;
A couple kisses at their wedding;
An elderly lady doesn’t realize she has a hole in the rear end of her undergarments at the beach; nothing explicit appears;
A character drinks wine, when a woman tells a man he shouldn’t mix medicine with alcohol, he replies gruffly that he’s going to mix her with alcohol;
Characters smoke on multiple occasions,
Stealing, blackmail, and gambling are occur along with some cruder comedy, including blowing out a candle by farting.
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He spends much of his time there, helping with maintenance and talking with them. One day, shocking news arrives that the convent will be sold to a developer. The sisters realize they must secure the deed to stop this, which sits on the South Island of New Zealand…a long distance away. They depart immediately and take Brian with them.
During the long car ride, many comedic adventures bring them closer together, and Brian finally processes some of his grief. He learns important lessons and recognizes changes he needs to make in his attitude. When they finally arrive at the location of the deed, they discover shocking news that changes everything.
HOLY DAYS balances both comedy and emotional depth. The movie skillfully blends humor and heartbreak, bringing the story to a satisfying conclusion. The character arcs are excellent, and the score supports the emotional journey.
HOLY DAYS has a strong moral, redemptive worldview of forgiveness and reconciliation. A hurting boy filled with hate, gradually experiences a change of heart and moves towards forgiveness. Catholicism is central to the plot, with nuns, religious attire and prayer featured throughout the movie.
However, some mixed moral elements also appear. Over time, the nuns become more relaxed about their values and begin to smoke, drink, and use inappropriate language. HOLY DAYS doesn’t condemn this behavior but treats it as comedic, which may make it seem acceptable.
MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children, teenagers, and sensitive adults for questionable content.
