But in “Cabrini,” the discrimination she faced was concentrated into a couple of composite characters who — in order to represent a lot of prejudice — had to ooze it from near every pore. This left those characters at times more like one-dimensional symbols than like people and that made the movie, to me, less interesting. Further, to affirm that Mother Cabrini faced sexism, screenwriter Rod Barr had her say it a lot, pointing out to her sisters directly that they wouldn’t be able to rely on men to help them at any opportunity.
Having seen the movie, I agree that Mother Cabrini didn’t speak as a Catholic and her Catholic identity, outside of the habit she wore, was mostly non-existent. It was a nicely told story overall, but it wouldn’t necessarily move someone to become a Catholic.