From the outset the story of Breaking Habits is a highly intriguing proposition: a group of nuns growing weed to help people suffering from extreme illness and those on their deathbed. But its slightly more complex than that.

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Cheated by her husband of 17 years, once high-flying corporate exec Christine Meeusen fled penniless with her three young children as her American dream began to unravel. Determined to make a living for her family, she discovered the lucrative business of cannabis farming and met her calling as the founder of medicinal-marijuana empire Sisters of the Valley. Shedding her former life, Christine became Sister Kate: on a mission to provide her products to those in need.

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Breaking Habits is a tale of betrayal, violence, homelessness, loss and the triumph of the human spirit. Christine Meeusen AKA Sister Kate's story is terribly sad, but here you see a woman refusing to accept the hand that others have dealt her and her attempt to create her own destiny. Her grit and determination is nothing short of inspirational and miraculous. 

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Sisters of the Valley aren't part of any denominational affiliated religion; they're not Catholic nuns. But from the opening scene you are left with the impression from Sister Kate through a story she tells that Sisters could be Catholic nuns. 

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So when its revealed at the beginning of the third act that they're not Catholic nuns you feel slightly hoodwinked. As a storyteller you're really walking a knife edge when you attempt to pull this trick off and Robert Ryan kinda gets away with it. 

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Sister Kate's story is nothing short of inspirational and miraculous.