The read
A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 42%. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
164 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan LynnDirector
- Jonathan LynnScreenplay
- Hidden FacesOriginal Music Composer
- David KitayOriginal Music Composer
- Frank FitzpatrickOriginal Music Composer
- Dieter MeierOriginal Music Composer
- Boris BlankOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eric IdleBrian Hope
- Robbie ColtraneCharlie McManus
- Camille CoduriFaith
- Janet SuzmanSister Superior
- Doris HareSister Mary of the Sacred Heart
- Lila KayeSister Mary of the Annunciation
- Robert Patterson'Case' Casey
- Tom HickeyFather Seamus
- Winston DennisMorley
- Ozzie YueErnie Wong
- Robert MorganAbbott
- Colin CampbellNorm
