Anything starring Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle was bound to be funny anyway. But the hilarious timing and excellent jokes add to the stars performances and whoevers idea it was to team the pair up deserves a medal!
Eric and Robbie play a couple of small time criminals who decide one day to ... Read review
Two thugs work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to leave, he sets them up to ... more
be killed. When their escape doesn't got to plan they have to seek refuge in a nunnery to avoid their boss, the triads and police, all the while dressed up as wo...
You'll finding yourself rooting for this movie to take off in a sustained flight of comic ... more
inspiration, but it seldom does. It's too bad that it doesn't, given the casting, because both leads (Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane) are capable of extreme funnin...
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Two thugs work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to 'Leave', he sets them up ... more
to be killed. When their escape doesn't go to plan they have to seek refuge in a nunnery to avoid their boss, the triads and police, all the while dressed up as w...
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Advantages: You'll be laughing all the way through Disadvantages: You'll only want to watch it occassionally
Anything starring Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle was bound to be funny anyway. But the hilarious timing and excellent jokes add to the stars performances and whoevers idea it was to team the pair up deserves a medal!
Eric and Robbie play a couple of small time criminals who decide one day to rip off some much bigger thugs and nick off with their money from a big job. This forces them to go into hiding..yes you guessed it..in a nunery!
... ...money and escape without the mother superior noticing all while dressed as a nun themselves (although very manly looking nuns!)
They also end up teaching young girls about religion etc and finding some morals along the way themselves.
It gets a bit soppy at points with Idle having a love intrest but this storyline also brings some comedy to the film and helps to beef up the story line a bit.
I personally love the way the film ... more
Anything starring Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle was bound to be funny anyway. But the hilarious timing and excellent jokes add to the stars performances and whoevers idea it was to team the pair up deserves a medal! Eric and Robbie play a couple of small time criminals who decide one day to rip off some much bigger thugs and nick off with their money from a big job. This forces them to go into hiding..yes you guessed it..in a nunery! Thus proceeds lots of ways to try and stash the money and escape without the mother superior noticing all while dressed as a nun themselves (although very manly looking nuns!) They also end up teaching young girls about religion etc and finding some morals along the way themselves. It gets a bit soppy at points with Idle having a love intrest but this storyline also brings some comedy to the film and helps to beef up the story line a bit. I personally love the way the film uses visual humour as well as vocal I think the sight of Robbie Coltrane in a habbit is worth the price of the DVD on it's own!
Although it's not a film that you'll be watching over and over again it's definatly one that would be well worth having in your collection!
A pair of petty crooks who steal a million pounds from their gangster employer are forced to hide out in a convent disguised as nuns. But they are not prepared for the odd characters they encounter.
Video Category
Feature Film
Country Of Origin
United Kingdom
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT; PINNACLE VISION
Release date
10/10/2005, 08/04/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
ABP 9008, ABD 4014
Barcode
5060020624315, 5060020620423
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer, Filmographies Of Cast And Crew, Biographies
Aspect Ratio
1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Professional reviews
Review
"...There are no whoopee cushions in NUNS ON THE RUN, but there are the next best things for a movie: [Idle and Coltrane]....Very funny..." (New York Times, p.C14, 16/03/1990)
DVD Description
A pair of petty crooks who steal a million pounds from their gangster employer are forced to hide out in a convent disguised as nuns. But they are not prepared for the odd characters they encounter.
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