Synopsis
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.
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Cast
- Alison BrieSister Alessandra
- Dave FrancoMasseto
- Kate MicucciSister Ginevra
- Aubrey PlazaSister Fernanda
- John C. ReillyFather Tommasso
- Molly ShannonSister Marea
- Fred ArmisenBishop Bartolomeo
- Jemima KirkeMarta
- Lauren WeedmanFrancesca
- Nick OffermanBruno
Recommendations
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TheWrap
The Little Hours is no one-trick pony. While the lunacy of nuns who swear like sailors makes a comically boisterous impression, it’s also about women in the Middle Ages forced into religious life for various reasons and how they cope, viewed through a decidedly humorous lens. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A comedy in both the current and the original senses of the word, Little Hours earns its laughs before ensuring a happy end. - 80
Variety
A medieval convent comedy for the megaplex crowd. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The movie is not camp. It’s deliciously deadpan sex farce played by some of the deftest clowns in the English-speaking world. The more matter-of-fact it is, the more screamingly funny. - 77
The Verge
Writer-director Jeff Baena has squeezed heart into this film, particularly with a surprisingly sincere, potent ending. Beneath all the bodily fluids and sex jokes, Baena and his actors show a deep fascination with the way we communicate our love, romantically and platonically — especially when the going gets tough. - 75
IndieWire
Matching a crackling wit with the absurd dissonance of time and place found in the best of Monty Python and Mel Brooks, Little Hours is so eager to please that its one-note humor lands with ease. - 75
The Playlist
Even if The Little Hours never becomes a knee-slapper, it’s consistently entertaining…kind of like a laid-back, stretched-out Monty Python sketch. - 60
ScreenCrush
On paper, The Little Hours sounds like a combative anti-religious tract, but Baena’s less interested in mocking the church than in basking in the gulf between humanity’s lofty aspirations and its baser instincts.
