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      Nuns on the Run

      PG-13 1990 1h 30m Comedy Crime Drama List
      42% 26 Reviews Tomatometer 53% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian (Eric Idle) and Charles (Robbie Coltrane) 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 two take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior (Janet Suzman) that they're nuns, a charade they are forced to maintain as their enemies arrive. Read More Read Less

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      Josh G Sister act before sister but dry on the humor and heavy on the talent. While this film boasts a great pair of leads it is either completely hit or miss on the jokes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review Demented N The cast and music save this movie, its brilliant and fun and doesn't ask to much! I spoke to the writer and director and he wrote a sequle sadly handmade picture called it a day on movie making due to the death of the owner! His two boys just didn't have any interest in the movie business so sold off the company. Nuns on the run was the last handmade picture made. The movie has one hell of a soundtrack and is well worth a listen in its entrity rather than the snippets we get in movie. The movie was also a hit at the box office. Just like voting in america it's confusing to understand haha. If a movie makes more than its budget its considered a hit movie strange example. All them movies Monique did them sassy comedies where all low budgets so it wasn't hard to make more than your budget. Personaly: 9/10 Professionally: 6/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/17/22 Full Review donald c Nuns on the Run is a very undervalued and underappreciated hysterical comedy! Well worth a watch! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review matthew v Wonderful comedy with two great leads. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Several moments of fresher slapstick and Monty Python influenced punchlines. A good ol' fashion bad guys turned good light action comedy. Solid, solid film Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review bo d A perfect british comedy! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/28/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Critics Reviews

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      Ira Robbins Entertainment Weekly An anemic romp dispiritingly akin to the obsolete comedies the Pythons once pushed aside. Rated: C+ Nov 1, 2022 Full Review Joe Clay Times (UK) A film that owes a considerable debt to Some Like It Hot. Nov 1, 2022 Full Review Ryan Murphy Miami Herald The crime-tinged subplot is essentially bare bones, the barrage of batty British one-liners a lackluster hash. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) Hardly subtle, but it cheerfully displays the comic talents of the late Robbie Coltrane Oct 31, 2022 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 Jul 3, 2005 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a disastrously unfunny mess. Rated: 1.5/4 May 16, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian (Eric Idle) and Charles (Robbie Coltrane) 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 two take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior (Janet Suzman) that they're nuns, a charade they are forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.
      Director
      Jonathan Lynn
      Producer
      George Harrison, Denis O'Brien
      Screenwriter
      Jonathan Lynn
      Production Co
      Handmade Films
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Comedy, Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 10, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $9.7M
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Surround