Nuns on the Run

1990

Action / Comedy / Crime

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 9769 9.8K

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Plot summary

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.

Director

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Jonathan Lynn

Top cast

Robbie Coltrane Photo
Robbie Coltrane as Charlie McManus / Flight Attendant #2
Oliver Parker Photo
Oliver Parker as Doctor
Tom Hickey Photo
Tom Hickey as Father Seamus
Robert Patterson Photo
Robert Patterson as 'Case' Casey
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813.74 MB
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English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.47 GB
1564*1080
English 2.0
PG-13
us  
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin2019 8 / 10

Nuns on the Run" is a tremendously fun

"Nuns on the Run" is a tremendously fun film from the very beginning. The humour is consistently funny, the fast pace is effortlessly and enthusiastically maintained throughout, and it somehow manages to effectively poke fun at assorted aspects of organised religion without actually angering anyone by being outright insulting. The humour works splendidly and it is often spiced up with some moments of cheeky sauce that again fails to be offensive just like the necessary religious elements of the film which could have been considered downright objectionable and in very poor taste indeed by some people. This film is also provided with an additional boost of energy by the music of Swiss electronic band "Yello" and in particular by the terrific ex-Beatle George Harrison, but overall this is an incredibly accomplished and well polished comedy film.
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Reviewed by billy-168 6 / 10

Some funny moments

This movie did have some proper comics doing the leads- Idle and Coltrane, and some of the other main characters did a good job in their roles. Faith and the two Sister Marys were great, as was the mature presence and good acting of Mother Superior

Didn't like the casting of the two gangsters boss (Mr Casey)though- he was too young, softly spoken, and without the real look of a hard crime boss.

The story took some time to get going, but ultimately had its moments. Some excellent and well delivered lines.

Most of the comedy worked well, though I didn't appreciate Faith's near blind state without glasses.

The version I saw was only on DVD made 4x3 for some reason, so it looked more like a TV movie.

It's a low budget British comedy. Shame there was no sequel.

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