Changing Habits

Changing Habits

It will lift your spirts

R 1997 · 95 min · ★ 2.7 · Romance, Comedy, Drama

An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move into a convent where troubled women receive cheap lodging in exchange for work. She finds a dirty area in the basement where she paints a mural that deals with all of her psychological problems. While some find it gaudy, others such as the mother superior realizes its potential to save the convent which is to be closed. During all this the artist starts a relationship with a man who owns an art supply shop where she shop-lifts her supplies. Written by John Sacksteder

Directed by Lynn Roth · Written by Scott Davis Jones

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Moira Kelly Susan 'Soosh' Teague
Dylan Walsh Felix Shepherd
Christopher Lloyd Theo Teagarden
Eileen Brennan Mother Superior
Marissa Ribisi Erin
Teri Garr Connie
Shelley Duvall Sister Agatha
Frances Bay Midge
Anne Haney Sister Humiliata
Taylor Negron Boutique Owner
Bob Gunton Bishop Creighton
Jennifer Youngs Alice

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