Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Martin Bradley No-one's finest hour. This inexplicably popular 'comedy' actually spawned a sequel. ("Where Angels go, Trouble Follows!"), though once round the block should be enough for anyone. It's set in a school for girls run by nuns though these are no "Magdalene Sisters". This is all sweetness and light and sentimentality with a 'tyranical' Mother Superior who is more Glinda than the Wicked Witch of the West. Rosalind Russell does what she can with the part and other nuns include Binnie Barnes and Mary Wickes, who played nuns so often she should have been canonized. Principal among the girls is Haley Mills who was 20 at the time but who could still pass as a teenager. Gypsy Rose Lee also turns up, very briefly, as a teacher of 'interprative dance' while an uncredited Jim Hutton also gets his couple of minutes in the shade. This real surprise is that this sentimental mess was directed by none other than Ida Lupino for whom obviously this was nothing more than a job of work. Hopefully they paid her well, (it was her last film as a director though she continued to act and direct for television). With a better script this might have amounted to something; as it is it is eminently missable.

utgard14 Mother Superior Rosalind Russell has her hands full with two brats at Catholic boarding school. I wanted to like this more than I did. Russell is good as are the other adults. But the kids just irked me. Hayley Mills in particular was very annoying. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason for her bratty behavior. She was like a female Dennis the Menace. She just kept getting into trouble. For some reason there's little time spent on story here. It's like a series of vignettes instead of a cohesive plot as the movie goes from one incident after another with little room to breathe. The comedy is all very broad and seems to rely upon you enjoying the hijinks of Mills and her sidekick (June Harding). Since I didn't enjoy their antics it left me with very little to laugh at. The last half of the movie is a little better as there are more serious and touching moments. However the ending felt pretty contrived. Obviously this is a sentimental and nostalgic favorite for many. I can sympathize with that. I wish I liked it more. But I found it ultimately disappointing.

TheLittleSongbird While it is a tad overlong, The Trouble with Angels is a nice film. The story is a well-constructed one, with a cosy and somewhat poignant conclusion, and the pace is brisk enough. The production values are very nice and the music is pleasant. The script has wit and edge, and Ida Lupino's directing style thankfully prevents The Trouble with Angels from falling into predictability. The acting is very good. Hayley Mills is naughtier than she usually is, and delivers a great performance. Debuting June Harding nearly steals her thunder, while Rosalind Russell steals every scene she's in, and Mary Wickes and Binnie Barnes are strong too. Overall, this is a nice film and definitely worth a watch. 8/10 Bethany Cox

bkoganbing Rosalind Russell, Loretta Young, and Irene Dunne were the Catholic triple threat of Hollywood stardom. All of these women were prominent Catholic lay individuals and later on in their careers got to do a little outreach for their religion. I don't think Roz ever served the Catholic cause better than by playing a Mother Superior whose convent runs a Catholic Girl's High School. The kids board there, it's a place for rich men of the Catholic persuasion to dump their teenage daughters.No one of the students is more aware of it than Hayley Mills and she's one rebellious child. She and her friend June Harding become the Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance of the student body, giving no end of grief to Rosalind Russell and the rest of the sisters.It is true that Rosalind Russell stated in her memoirs that she and Hayley Mills did not get along in the making of The Trouble With Angels. Quite different from what Maureen O'Hara said about Hayley during the making of The Parent Trap. What a difference six years can make. But in teenage years it's a lifetime of change. Hayley Mills even after finishing her contract with Disney could not escape that image and her youthful appearance worked against her getting really adult parts. Later that year she finally broke the mold with The Family Way back in her native Great Britain. Russell attributed it to hormonal change as well in her life.This film has some touches of sadness as well unlike the sequel Where Angels Go Troubles Follow. One of the sisters dies unexpectedly and Hayley's life takes an unexpected turn that she would have told you that you were nuts if you didn't see it. Russell's an old fashioned Mother Superior, but wise and patient with her charges. She's most definitely not Auntie Mame in a habit.Given all that the Catholic church has recently dealt with you could not make a film like this today. So when this one is run, enjoy it and think of more innocent times.