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Sister Act versus Nuns On The Run


I just finished Nuns On The Run and went to check release dates. Nuns On The Run was released two years before Sister Act and I was surprised how many similarities there were between the two movies...

Nuns was about two mobsters that hid in a convent.
Sister Act was about the girlfriend of a mobster hiding in a convent.

In Nuns one of the mobsters was asked to take over one of the classes.
Sister Act 2 was Sister Mary Clarence took over a class.

Both movies are great but the best part of Nuns was Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid from Harry Potter movies) and Eric Idle in a habits...Whoopi looked good in the habit....but so did these two men!!

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I've always liked both movies, but it seems rather obvious that Sister Act was very much inspired by Nuns on the Run. I love the music & feel-good quality of Sister Act, but Nuns on the Run is funnier.

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