PodBill Just what I expected

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

fedor8 Only minor spoilers.If you're an atheist, an agnostic, a deist, or just plain Church-hating, you can do worse than watch this little big-screen blasphemy for 90 minutes. Keep in mind though that NOTR is essentially a formula comedy, i.e. not nearly as extreme or ambitious in its Church-bashing as "Life of Brian", "Bedazzled" (Cook/Moore version) or even "In God We Tru$t", but with enough cheeky Bible-drubbing to appease those of us who can't get enough of it.It's also a very amusing, light-hearted, and fast-paced comedy that profits greatly from a fun, cheerful script and the two leads, especially Coltrane who steals the show. The fact that Idle's love-interest is played by the very cute Camille Coduri isn't a negligible bonus either. Whatever happened to her movie career? Julia Roberts became a star around this time, and this cute English thing didn't? What kind of a sick and twisted world do we live in?Most commercial comedies, especially action comedies, have very weak endings. NOTR, however, has a fun finale that isn't just a gag-devoid collection of action scenes intended to wrap up the story. In that sense NOTR is a success from start to finish, a refreshing change.If there is any criticism to make it's pairing up Idle and Coduri as a romantic couple. Idle is funny-looking at the best of times, but the real problem lies in the ridiculous age-gap. He is 22 years older – and it shows. If they wanted to go for "absurd love", they might as well have gone all-out and hooked up Coltrane with the sexy Camille.If you're unsure about whether to check out NOTR, don't be deterred by writer/director Lynn's post-NOTR filmography. It wasn't just his fault that "Sgt Bilko" (unfunny) and "My Cousin Vinny" (not a real comedy) sucked so much; he only directed those, i.e. had nothing to do with those miserable scripts.No comparison to "We're No Angels", which is basically a rubbish movie.

billy-168 This movie did have some proper comics doing the leads- Idle and Coltrane, and some of the other main characters did a good job in their roles. Faith and the two Sister Marys were great, as was the mature presence and good acting of Mother SuperiorDidn't like the casting of the two gangsters boss (Mr Casey)though- he was too young, softly spoken, and without the real look of a hard crime boss.The story took some time to get going, but ultimately had its moments. Some excellent and well delivered lines.Most of the comedy worked well, though I didn't appreciate Faith's near blind state without glasses.The version I saw was only on DVD made 4x3 for some reason, so it looked more like a TV movie.It's a low budget British comedy. Shame there was no sequel.

jacobn1 I saw Nuns on the Run for the first time this past week. It reminded me of a simplier time, where there were fart jokes, and shower scenes, and men in drag jokes. The movie was on the edge without falling into a pit of being vulgar. Was it the greatest movie ever? , perhaps not, but it was goofy and entertaining.

ian_harris Eric Idle, Robbie Coltraine, Janet Suzman - it should have been almost impossible to go wrong. Of course it has some funny moments - the scene in the showers when Robbie Coltraine echoes Lon Chaney Jr's ghastly werewolf line "I can't help myself" is hilarious. But ultimately the plot, script and direction are flat as a pancake and as tired as a 90 year old nun after 180 "Hail Mary"s. When I was a child, Carry On films filled this niche slightly better, which is a really sad indictment of a film with such a promising cast.