Nuns on the Run

Nuns on the Run1990

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Morgan, Eric Idle, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 88 minutes

You'll finding yourself rooting for this movie to take off in a sustained flight of comic inspiration, but it seldom does. It's too bad that it doesn't, given the casting, because both leads (Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane) are capable of extreme fun… more »



Father Seamus:
Tell me. Is celibacy just as difficult for a woman as it is for a man?

Charlie McManus:
I wouldn't know... I must come clean, though, I, I had a man in my bed last night. All night. You see, the way I see it, sex is allowed.

Father Seamus:
Ah, ha... ha!

Charlie McManus:
No. No, it's the doctrine of original sin. You see, we're all born sinful, except for Jesus who was perfect of course. And he was sent to save us. But how could he save us unless we're sinning? So we have to go on sinning in order to be saved and go to Heaven. That's how Christianity works. That's why it suits so many people.

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