The Little Hours

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The Little Hours

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Released Jun 30, 2017

1h 30m

Comedy

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Medieval nuns Alessandra, Fernanda, and Ginevra lead a simple life in their convent. Their days are spent chafing at monastic routine, spying on one another, and berating the estate's day laborer. After a particularly vicious insult session drives the peasant away, Father Tommasso brings on newly hired hand Massetto, a virile young servant forced into hiding by his angry lord. Introduced to the sisters as a deaf-mute to discourage temptation, Massetto struggles to maintain his cover.

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Critics Consensus

The Little Hours gets plenty of goofy mileage out of its gifted ensemble, anchoring its ribald laughs in a period comedy with some surprisingly timely subtext.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

The momentum peters out by the end, but by then its job is already done. "The Little Hours" is good for some big laughs.

Rated: B

Jul 22, 2017

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Whether or not Baena does right by Boccaccio, he definitely does right by Aubrey Plaza, his girlfriend and indie comedy's reigning queen of mean.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 20, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Baena orchestrates events with confidence and flair, allowing his amazingly talented cast room to frolic as they all work in tandem to make the material come alive with a rebellious zeal that's ingenious.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 14, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Tracing inspiration to a yarn from one of Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th century novellas , the new ensemble film from Jeff Baena wraps it religious habit up with wit, erotica, and practical jokes from Italian prose translated into a modern vernacular.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 20, 2025

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

...deliciously satisfying (though it may be a turnoff to some)...

Dec 12, 2020

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

The Little Hours is sure to offend the sensibilities of the most pious and Catholic of viewers, but this wasn't really a film made for them anyway.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 25, 2020

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Persaud W

Who thought this was a good comedy? They acting is very weird.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/07/25

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Zahara B

Peculiar, hilarious dry humor

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Roger M

Prudes, this is not the movie for you. Those taking offence would do well to read up on the historic records of the church in that time. Scandal was rife, nobles would lock up wilful daughters in convents or recalcitrant wives. Husbands would make up charges to dispose of unwanted wives. The fact that this movie makes fun of how awful it was doesn't change history or make the movie less fun. Almost like an updated carry on movie with the raunchy cranked up a little

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/12/25

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Alex G

Dumb, shallow, tasteless... we did not finish it

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Chris K

I anticipated this with interest as I always enjoyed the original Decameron source material. However as soon as I heard the first foul mouthed dialogue coming out of the mouths of two actresses sounding like spoiled Valley girls I knew it was a dud. It could have been interesting if the nuns were portrayed as polite virtuous young ladies, which is what made the Decameron story so witty and titillating, instead of cheap uncouth spoiled brats with American accents. Good material in the wrong hands. Would have been better as an Italian production.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Audience Member

What a nasty piece of film making. The acting is bad, the screen play is bad and the humor is filthy. It is like a bad SNL skit, that went on 5 minutes too long and then another two hours. And Dave Franco cannot retire soon enough from acting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Synopsis

Medieval nuns Alessandra, Fernanda, and Ginevra lead a simple life in their convent. Their days are spent chafing at monastic routine, spying on one another, and berating the estate's day laborer. After a particularly vicious insult session drives the peasant away, Father Tommasso brings on newly hired hand Massetto, a virile young servant forced into hiding by his angry lord. Introduced to the sisters as a deaf-mute to discourage temptation, Massetto struggles to maintain his cover.

Director: Jeff Baena
Producer: Liz Destro, Aubrey Plaza
Screenwriter: Jeff Baena
Distributor: Gunpowder & Sky
Production Co: Bow and Arrow Entertainment, Destro Films
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M
Runtime: 1h 30m

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