Nuns on the Run

In his first - and so far only - British feature, writer/director Jonathan Lynn almost manages to squeeze a whole film from the single joke of fugitives Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle decked out as nuns. There is a natural spark between the two performers that saves many a scene here and, when the genial proceedings are not burdened by the full weight of cliché, they do begin to catch fire. Lynn (who was one half of the team behind the scorching wit of Yes, Minister) is far too good for the inane car chases and tee-hee clutter of this innocently smutty farce, but his talent does occasionally shine through. He has since taken to the Hollywood mainstream with mixed results (he directed the very funny My Cousin Vinny, but came unstuck later with the likes of The Fighting Temptations).