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Nuns on the Run

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Remake:

D'Sisters: Nuns of the Above

Original title

Nuns on the Run

Year

1990

Running time

92 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Jonathan Lynn

Screenwriter

Jonathan Lynn

Cast

Music

Frank Fitzpatrick

Cinematography

Michael Garfath

Producer

HandMade Films. Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Genre

Comedy | Nuns. Crime

Synopsis

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns, Brian and Charlie have to avoid their boss, Triads, police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution.

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Critics' reviews

"An anemic romp dispiritingly akin to the obsolete comedies the Pythons once pushed aside."

Ira Robbins: Entertainment Weekly
"The crime-tinged subplot is essentially bare bones, the barrage of batty British one-liners a lackluster hash."

Miami Herald
"The script`s imagination seems to have ended with the sight of men in religious women`s clothing."

Gene Siskel: Chicago Tribune
"The constant double entendres are done with wit and the slapstick is mostly agreeable and efficiently directed"

Variety Staff: Variety
"Why do filmmakers so often insist that nuns are funny? I'll bet there are some psychological reasons buried around here somewhere. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Lynn serves up a glossary of British film gags: incompetent rival gangsters, mistaken identities, a car chase, a nurse stripped to her black lace undies..."

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