Nuns on the run
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Nuns on the run |
| Original title | Nuns on the run |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jonathan Lynn |
| script | Jonathan Lynn |
| production | Michael White |
| music |
Yello Hidden Faces Stevie Winwood |
| camera | Michael Garfath |
| cut | David Martin |
| occupation | |
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Nuns on the Run (Original title: Nuns on the Run ) is a British comedy film from 1990. The director was Jonathan Lynn , who also wrote the screenplay . The main roles were played by Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane .
action
The gangsters Brian Hope and Charlie McManus want to get out. They steal money from gang leader Casey, which was intended for a drug deal with the Chinese triads. On the run, they hide in a women's convent disguised as a religious sister .
There are numerous problems and temptations there when the men see schoolgirls showering after physical education. In disguise, Brian meets the short-sighted Faith, who does not recognize him and reveals her feelings towards Brian to the supposed nun. The father and brothers of Brian's friend Faith Thomas are looking for him to settle accounts with him.
Faith Thomas goes to a hospital. Brian and Charlie want to leave the country with the suitcases; Brian forces Charlie to drive past the hospital on the way. Faith hits Brian first, then she wants to come along. On the way, Brian and Charlie lose one of the two suitcases of money, the nurse Liz finds it. The money is intended to support a facility for drug addicted young people.
Brian and Charlie dress up as nurses. At the airport, they learn that the police are looking for two men disguised as women.
Faith flies alone, the suitcase is on the seat next to her. Suddenly she sees Brian and Charlie disguised as flight attendants.
Reviews
Roger Ebert asked in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 16, 1990 why film producers would so often assume that caricaturing nuns is funny. He assumed it was because many people at school had negative experiences with the nuns. Ebert criticized that only a few parts of the film were "really funny" ("intrinsically funny").
"A crazy comedy à la" Charley's Aunt "; Well-known slapstick with some funny ideas, but without sparkling surprises, which only stands out from the dozen offerings of comparable films through a few anti-church gags. "
“The scam is of course not new, but this well-filled slapstick is bursting with its own bizarre ideas. - »Heavenly slapstick, hellishly silly« "
Web links
- Nuns on the run in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nuns on the Run atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Nuns on the run ( memento from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ^ Nuns on the run in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on December 3, 2007
- ^ Nonnen auf der Flucht - Film review on the TV Spielfilm website , accessed on June 22, 2014.