Nuns on the Run is a low brow comedy that borders on farcical at times.
Written and directed by Jonathan Lynn of Yes Minister fame. It is obviously inspired by Some Like it Hot. Elements of this movie was also borrowed by Sister Act in 1992.
Brian (Eric Idle) and Charlie (Robbie Coltrane) are sick and tired of their bank job. That is robbing banks. Their mob boss called Case does not like people who leave his organisation.
Having an inkling that Brian and Charlie want to call it a day. Case sets them up to rob a Triad gang and make sure they end up dead.
Instead Brian and Charlie rob the Triads, double cross Case by running off with two cases of money. They accidentally end up in a convent.
The men disguise themselves as nuns and hide in the convent until the heat is off both from Case and the police. Meanwhile Brian has to deal with his love interest, short sighted Faith (Camille Coduri) who got injured in the scuffle with the Triads and Case's men.
Nuns on the Run was very popular when it was received. Eric Idle hoped to ride on the same wave as John Cleese and Michael Palin did in A Fish Called Wanda.
This movie is not as good as Wanda. The plot is not as well structured and it is nowhere near as funnier.
It is too silly at times and some of the jokes are lazy. Idle, Coltrane and Coduri play their parts with gusto.
Written and directed by Jonathan Lynn of Yes Minister fame. It is obviously inspired by Some Like it Hot. Elements of this movie was also borrowed by Sister Act in 1992.
Brian (Eric Idle) and Charlie (Robbie Coltrane) are sick and tired of their bank job. That is robbing banks. Their mob boss called Case does not like people who leave his organisation.
Having an inkling that Brian and Charlie want to call it a day. Case sets them up to rob a Triad gang and make sure they end up dead.
Instead Brian and Charlie rob the Triads, double cross Case by running off with two cases of money. They accidentally end up in a convent.
The men disguise themselves as nuns and hide in the convent until the heat is off both from Case and the police. Meanwhile Brian has to deal with his love interest, short sighted Faith (Camille Coduri) who got injured in the scuffle with the Triads and Case's men.
Nuns on the Run was very popular when it was received. Eric Idle hoped to ride on the same wave as John Cleese and Michael Palin did in A Fish Called Wanda.
This movie is not as good as Wanda. The plot is not as well structured and it is nowhere near as funnier.
It is too silly at times and some of the jokes are lazy. Idle, Coltrane and Coduri play their parts with gusto.