Brian Hope (Eric Idle) and Charlie McManus (Robbie Coltrane) are thieves working for gangster Casey. Nobody leaves Casey and gets away with it. Norm at the chop shop wants to leave and tells Casey that the guys are also leaving. Casey has Norm killed and the boys try to stay on Casey's good side. Brian falls for waitress Faith. She overhears Casey ordering hits on Brian and Charlie after they do a job stealing from the Triad. Soon, Casey's thugs, the Triad, the police and Faith are all chasing after them with two suitcases full of cash as they disguise themselves as nuns hiding in a nun training college.
This movie relies on the audience to laugh at two homely guys cross-dressing as nuns. One would hope for better from Idle and Coltrane but they don't provide much more than that. They are too angry to be funny. Cross-dressing nuns are not that funny without better writing. For people on the run, the movie moves rather slowly and has limited kinetic energy. Idle and Coltrane are able to keep some interest but this is not that funny.
This movie relies on the audience to laugh at two homely guys cross-dressing as nuns. One would hope for better from Idle and Coltrane but they don't provide much more than that. They are too angry to be funny. Cross-dressing nuns are not that funny without better writing. For people on the run, the movie moves rather slowly and has limited kinetic energy. Idle and Coltrane are able to keep some interest but this is not that funny.