SnoopyStyle 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.

blanche-2 Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle are "Nuns on the Run" in this 1990 British comedy also starring Janet Suzman and Camille Coduri. Coltrane and Idle play Charlie and Brian, who commit robberies for the big boss, whose cover is a health club. Unfortunately, they become personae non grata when one of their colleagues, who wants out, tells the boss that Charlie and Brian want out, too. That colleague later winds up dead. With their boss no longer trusting them, they are ordered to rob drug money from a dangerous group called The Trinity - but the boss has ordered his other associates to kill them. Charlie and Brian, meanwhile, have decided to rob the drug lord all right, keep the money for themselves and escape to Rio. When they arrive at the scene, their would-be killers are already there. Tipped off by Brian's girlfriend, they turn the tables on the assassins, grab the money, and run inside the nearest open doorway, which turns out to be a convent. They dress in nun's clothes, buy some makeup and become nuns. Nuns who always carry black briefcases.This is a very entertaining, if often low comedy with good performances. Idle is funny as the lovesick Brian whose girlfriend Faith (Coduri) keeps losing her glasses and can't see anything. The beautiful Coduri is a riot, doing a sort of Marilyn Monroe in "How to Marry a Millionaire" by constantly walking into things. Coltrane plays the more pragmatic, tougher Charlie who can't help going into the girls' shower after teaching gym. He is also the one who really gets into the whole religious thing, being Catholic himself. "I think God is going to get us out of this," he announces. Janet Suzman does a good job as the Mother Superior, who finds the new nuns odd to say the least. But she has some other problems, one of which is dealing with an older, alcoholic, compulsive gambler nun who stole 50,000 pounds from the drug rehabilitation program run by the sisters.If you're Catholic, you'll get a kick out of this film or hate it. I myself thought Charlie trying to teach Brian about the Holy Trinity was a scream, as was Brian totally botching it when repeating it to his students. Also funny was Charlie teaching Brian the sign of the cross and genuflecting. When Faith goes to confession, afraid she'll say something she shouldn't, Brian replaces the priest, and Charlie has to whisper the absolution in his ear, which Brian messes up. "I resolve you - no, I absolve you of your sins..." Definitely recommended.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Just by looking at this movie, it would be exciting with a capital "E"! It's a cheap version of "Some Like it Hot" only holier. Yeah Right. Trying to be mob-worthy isn't easy, taking the money from a rival mob makes flunkies into Robin Hoods. Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane put on a riot in this movie. Trying to blend in as nuns wasn't perfect, but it's worth a try. When Charlie(Coltrane) informs Brian(Idle) about what the girls would see of him will blow the cover. In fact, he was the one who would've done that. Especially when he was in the ladies shower. The important thing he must do be in control of everything! The funny parts is when Brian's girlfriend is very accident prone: the banging of the head, fainting at the sight of blood after she was shot. Most of all, when Brian and Charlie ditched the nuns attire for the nurses', I know the sergeant will have a big one from internal affairs when this situation hits the fan! And for that broken leg chap, he'll be treated VERY WELL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! The "Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch scene is a riot. Anybody can learn that. This movie is great, lots of fun is what "Nuns on the Run" got. My brother later call this, "Nuns with the Runs". You give the name, enjoy this movie. Rating 3 out of 5 stars.

cyclone259 One of the funniest comedy, if not British comedy films out there. Coltraine and Idle do such a fantastic job because they have great chemistry. It's a shame that they haven't done more films together, even if not a sequel. POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEADActually, I'm not sure what you'd do a sequel about that could keep the pace of the first film, plus be original. The storyline of Nuns On The Run isn't itself unique, as there have been other films where someone is "on the lam", doing their best to 'blend in'. The thing that sets this film apart is the humour, especially Eric Idle, trying to teach a roomful of girls about the Trinity: "God is like a shamrock: small, green and split three ways." I'm not Catholic, so I hope nobody took offense to that, but it was hilarious. Of course the gratuitous shower scene was an interesting twist, but nonetheless it was another embarrassing situation for the two blokes to muck through.This movie wasn't a huge box office draw, but does that really matter?