How sad is this?

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This comedy has little to recommend it. Whatever drama might be generated by an intergenerational conflict (represented by Mother Superior and the upstart younger nun) was very tame and broadly played. Whatever comedy might have come from the various situations the nuns and their students encounter was rather clichéd and hardly knee-slapping.Where Angels Go is an over-the-road story that could have been about real truths discovered and personal revelations, but--like sixties conventions themselves--it's mostly about surface issues. Easy Rider would soon redefine the genre and create film's new anti-heroes, challenging the status quo in more profound ways. Some reviewers who are Catholic have correctly pointed out that one can see examples of the church's struggle to modernize itself in this film, but the church was struggling with issues already addressed by society decades before, as is always the case.Rosalind Russell turns in a creditable performance as the Mother Superior. Stella Stevens is a worthy antagonist. The other actors were not asked to stretch much. The story just is not that compelling.

I used to work in Fort Washington, not too far from where these movies were filmed at. Every time I went by the St. Mary's Villa either on my way to or back home from work, I always thought to myself "That's where they filmed The Trouble With Angels." I first saw this movie when I was in school in back in '73; just five years after it was first released. But then I saw it again on TV thirteen years later (in 1986), and I just kept on watching it over and over again. I also have some of the dialogue from this movie memorized as well.Since the story was about them going to California for a youth rally, what they should have done was this: Show them arriving at the rally and filming the rally scenes as well. Continue filming the rest of the journey to California instead of leaving them off somewhere in the desert Southwest, and then returning to St. Francis showing the nuns in their shorter habits. They made it to the rally, but they should have showed them actually being there; not just talk about it.Also, after they left Mr. Farriday's (Robert Taylor) ranch, were they still in New Mexico when they got caught in an Indian attack that was part of a Western movie being filmed on location there, and the bus's axle broke? ) How about when they came across a detour where they wouldn't make the rally in time? Or when they stopped at a museum to pick up some Indian souvenirs? Since Sister Clarissa told the Mother Superior that the detour would take them 125 miles out of their way, were they in Arizona? Since Sister Clarissa (Mary Wickes) drove the bus, she should have taken a highway route to Chicago. Then drive out Route 66 all the way to Los Angeles, and then up the Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Barbara. Instead, she took a lot of back roads; including the one what was detoured. At least they made it to the rally.It's a shame that Haley Mills wasn't in this. If she had, how would she handle Sister George (Stella Stevens) and her liberal ideas; as well as her grumpy cousin, Marvel Ann (Barbara Hunter)? After all, her character in The Trouble With Angels, Mary Clancy, decided to stay at St. Francis and become a nun after she graduated from there.But at least this movie was just as good as The Trouble With Angels.

This raggedly produced sequel to "The Trouble with Angels" (1966) focuses on returning conservative "Mother Superior" Rosalind Russell's clash with younger, liberal Stella Stevens (as Sister George). Driver Mary Wickes (as Sister Clarissa), Binnie Barnes (as Sister Celestine), and Dolores Sutton (as Sister Rose Marie) also return. The nuns take a cross country bus trip, from Pennsylvania to California, which provides some lovely locations. Like the original film, we get a "hip" for the sixties Catholic Church.Prurient fun can be had in watching the convent women dancing at a naughty all-girl pajama party, swingin' at a Catholic boys' school, and shortening their skirts. The mischievous "girls" taking center stage are butch Susan Saint James (as Rosabelle) and blonde Barbara Hunter (as Marvel Ann). Two sexy young "Peyton Place" "hunks" appear - first, motorcycle gang leader Michael Christian trades sharp innuendo with Ms. Stevens, then blond ranch-hand John Findlater arouses the girls at a swimsuit party.There were few, if any retakes - note Stevens brushing a fly away from her face, and the falling chair - in fact, the movie plays like four episodes of a TV series; and it was likely, at some point, considered as such. But, it is fairly good fun to watch. Unseen pop duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart provide the soundtrack theme. You also get old-timers Milton Berle, Robert Taylor (his last appearance), Van Johnson, and Arthur Godfrey showing they're part of the 1960s effort to merge the "In Crowd" with Catholicism.***** Where Angels Go… Trouble Follows! (4/3/68) James Neilson ~ Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Susan Saint James, Barbara Hunter

I must disagree with the previous analysis of this film. ANYONE who was in Catholic school or involved with the Catholic Church during that period of time will laugh, cry and identify with this movie. It portrays a very realistic view of the struggles happening in religious life in the late 60's, including the sad ending of the "updating" of the habit.Further, if you ever taught school, or can remember high school days pre-cell phones and MP3's you'll enjoy this film. The crazy antics that girls in that era did, especially the little angels of a Catholic School, is enjoyable and keeps you smiling throughout the film. As in The Trouble with Angels, its predecessor, Rosalyn Russell is the sequential Mother Superior. ANYONE who had nuns will identify with her.Unlike today's films there is no language, no nudity and no one gets killed, yet all have fun. A MUST SEE!