“Inquiring Nuns is handled with such surpassing understanding that it becomes a quite profound and moving experience…a marvelous revelation of our time and ourselves.”
—Richard Christiansen, Chicago Daily News
“Guilessly provocative…A-”
—Terry Catchpole, Entertainment Weekly
“A profound and moving experience for the viewer… we have a chance to meet people talking honestly and openly about themselves… a marvelous revelation of our time and ourselves.”
—Chicago Tribune
“…Inquiring Nuns is the closest thing to a ‘pure’ documentary that I have ever seen.”
—William Routt, Film Quarterly
“Delightful food for thought”
—, All Movie Guide
Two young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, “Are you happy?” They meet a lonely girl, a happy mother, another nun, lovers, hippie musicians, a lady sociologist, a professor, and even actor Stepin Fetchit. The answers they get range in sincerity and depth: “Happiness is the absence of fear,” “Avoiding people,” “Raspberries,” “Joy in knowing Christ.”
The humor and sadness of these honest encounters lift the film beyond its interview format to a serious and moving inquiry into the concerns of contemporary man, and also into the circumstances in which men will actually express their concerns.