6.1
Die Aufschneider
2007
“From now on, it's every nun for himself!”
Nuns on the Run (1990)
March 16, 19901h 29mEN
5.9
160 votes
Overview
Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.
Director
Jonathan LynnWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Cantonese
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$11.0M
Production Companies
Handmade Films20th Century Fox
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User Reviews
kevin2019
8.0"Nuns on the Run" is a tremendously fun film from the very beginning. The humour is consistently funny, the fast pace is effortlessly and enthusiastically maintained throughout, and it somehow manages to effectively poke fun at assorted aspects of organised religion without actually angering anyone by being outright insulting. The humour works splendidly and it is often spiced up with some moments of cheeky sauce that again fails to be offensive just like the necessary religious elements of the film which could have been considered downright objectionable and in very poor taste indeed by some…
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