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One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Wow this movie was terrible and in no way is better than Sister Act as some reviewers have stated. I just don't believe that this movie does comedic justice for the talented Eric Idle & Robbie Coltrane. They are better than this and seem to fall flat in their portrayal as two cross-dressing nuns on the run from the law. Also no one in their right minds would believe they were women. They literally look like men with habits on. Not impressed.The material and jokes aren't much better. I laughed only a couple of times throughout and found myself trying to prevent boredom for the rest of the time. It may have been funnier at one stage but this movie has not aged well and it deserves to stay in the past. My recommendation would be to give it a miss.

Written and directed with gusto by Jonathan Lynn, "Nuns on the Run" is very engaging, very British comedy that keeps the men-in-drag staple alive and kicking. It's energetic, breezy, snappy stuff with some great lines, some gentle digs at Catholicism, and spirited performances, especially from stars Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. Produced by George Harrison's Handmade Films company, it follows Idle, as Brian, and Coltrane, as Charlie, two small time criminals sick and tired of working for a thuggish young boss, "Case" Casey (Robert Patterson). They learn that their boss plans on stealing money from the Triads, so Brian and Charlie decide to purloin the money for themselves. They make a mess of the job, and end up being forced to hide in a convent, where they have to pass themselves off as nuns - Sister Inviolata of the Immaculate Conception and Sister Euphemia of the Five Wounds ("Five Wounds" for short). What follows is predictable enough but still entertaining farce as Brian and Charlie go about their nuns' duties, while the mobsters they double crossed try to track them down, and Brians' love interest Faith (the adorable Camille Coduri) does the same. The film overall doesn't work as well when the focus is off Brian and Charlie, but it still entertains solidly and agreeably for its 93 minute duration. It gets off to a very bright start, ends up sagging a little, but ultimately gets back on track with a wonderfully lively finish. The best thing about it is a sterling pair of performances by the well cast, likable leads; the supporting cast are no slouches, though, with Janet Suzman as the Sister Superior, Lila Kaye as Sister Mary of the Annunciation, and the hilarious Doris Hare as Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart. There isn't much violence, and what little there is, is played for laughs, although viewers might be surprised to see some topless shots from the comely young students at the convent. Among the highlights are Charlie's take on sinning and religion as he explains it to a horn dog priest, Father Seamus (Tom Hickey), his basketball game with the girls, and Brian's predicament as he attempts to visit Faith while still trying to pull the wool over the real nuns' eyes. Punctuated by a typically amusing score by the group Yello (those guys who will likely always be best remembered for their "Oh Yeah" tune), "Nuns on the Run" is a good, fun flick from start to finish, and it comes up with a fine punchline at the end. Seven out of 10.

If you have a comedy starring two of England's best, Eric Idle (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) and Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid in the harry Potter movies), then you just have to watch. This was a charming little comedy about two guys trying to go straight, but pulling one last job and ending up in a nunnery.Of course, you have the Catholic jokes, and the guys in a girls dorm jokes, some Oscar-nominated talent, an MBE, and a nude girl in a shower, but that's all icing on the cake.British comedy is just fin to watch. You won't end up on the floor laughing, but you will chuckle for the whole 89 minutes.Jonathan Lynn (The Fighting Temptations, The Whole Nine Yards, My Cousin Vinney) wrote and directed this film, and you know he can make us laugh.

Nostalgic for the days when crime didn't involve so much violence, Brian and Charlie want to quit "Case" Casey's gang and make a fresh start but they know better than anyone else that there is only one way to leave and that is in a body bag. However when someone lets slip to Case that they have been discussing it, Brian and Charlie figure that he's going to do them just in case. They plan to make their break after robbing the triads with Case but taking the cash for themselves. Case plans to let Brian and Charlie do the robbery but then kill them – but luckily Brian's girlfriend Faith overheads the plan and they manage to pull theirs off first.A product of its time and, for all its popularity in the States, a sad indictment of the "best" that Britain had to offer in the way of cinema at one point (just one point?). This is a very broad farce that relies solely on that strangely British comedic device of men dressing as women. Nobody notices that they are men and to point this out is to miss the spirit of the film, which has no time for real life when fantasy has so much fun to be had from Charlie playing basketball and Brian being hit upon by a priest. Of course even if you could buy these criminals as women, you're probably still going to be stretching when seeing Robbie Coltrane dunking the ball. So far so basic then and this is the way that it continues with easy material with no real effort or imagination. A few smirks might be raised but the majority of viewers will find it quite unrewarding.Idle and Coltrane do try to a point but there is only so much they can do with the material given to them. They do both buy into the spirit of the film though and never get caught up in trying to be serious or make more of it than it is. Coduri is average at best while supporting is consistently "blah" from Patterson, Suzman, Hare, Kaye and others.Overall then a very broad and basic farce that requires you to find men dressed as woman hilarious if you are going to enjoy this. It might have worked for me if it had had a bit of effort or wit injected into the script but, as it is, it does little more than what you expect it to do.