Simply A Masterpiece

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Fresh and Exciting

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Lack of taste, no humor, just a bunch of silly controversial attacks that make the essence of this "cheap" movie. It is sad to realize how this portraits our society driven by ideologies, lack of taste, cheap attacks on traditional values masked as comedy or irony.There is a relatively similar in context Portuguese movie, that I liked quite much, it was constructive criticism which I agreed with and it was interesting to watch from the beginning to the end. "The little hours" is a mere product of untalented minds that only worried to make controversy, with no fundament, no story line, no humor. Complete trash.

So many funny scenes! The nuns' confessions, the priest losing the things he was supposed to sell, the tribunal questions and the punishment given. Very offbeat and irreverent and HILARIOUS!

Not 1970s master of erotic sleaze Jesus Franco, of course. It's Dave, finally allowed to act in an age-appropriate role. The Little Hours does follow the classic plot formula, though: a male visitor to a 14th century convent puts the nuns in a tizzy. And as often happens, witches are involved. Hijinks ensue. Could it be worthwhile?Despite knowing that Fred Armisen is in this film, I decided to watch it anyway, hoping that Brie, Micucci, Plaza, Reilly, and Shannon could make it watchable. And they did. Compared to the old erotica, this is funnier and more entertaining, with good flow and a not unbelievable plot. (As "nunsploitation" it's our usual American pap, watered down to suit the Puritans. Where is the happy middle ground?) Most of the acting wasn't bad.But the dialog... oh good grief. At first, every word from the three female leads jarred the senses: they kept their modern day personas, vocal stylings, and vulgarity level. Eventually you get used to it; it becomes just part of those characters, but that takes time. Reportedly a lot of the dialog was ad-libbed, and it shows. Even so, Franco, Brie, Reilly, and Shannon come across quite naturally. Plaza, too, as a mean and slightly crazy person. But Armisen, and unexpectedly, Offerman, seemed like beginning high school dramatists reading from a teleprompter. Fortunately their roles weren't huge.It would be too strong to say that Kate Micucci "made" the show - it's too much a joint effort -- but she raised the enjoyment level several notches higher than it would have been. Such an incredibly annoying, insecure, hanger-on and tattle-tale she plays to perfection! And on belladonna, she's hilarious.Even with its faults, The Little Hours blows Wondrous Boccaccio (Italy/France, 2015) out of the water as entertainment from The Decameron. And most of the 70s stuff isn't even in the same league, except as erotica. So watch The Little Hours and enjoy it for what it is: it could have been better, but it's not bad at all.

I had no idea what to expect going into this movie. I hadn't seen the trailer and only read a couple of reviews that gave nothing away. The first scene made me think one thing...and then the cursing started and I realized that it wasn't going to be your average set-in-a-nunnery medieval film.I don't really know how to classify this film. It's a comedy, that goes without saying, but what the point of it is, I honestly couldn't say. I know that it's loosely based on/inspired by the Decameron so I'm guessing it's a satire of sorts. It's funny, sexy and super ridiculous 100% of the time. While that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it is one of the downfalls for me. It felt like they went out of their way to be as religiously offensive as possible, which would've been fine if it had perhaps had a more focused objective than simply being as religiously offensive as possible.Still, the acting was strong and it was certainly entertaining. I can think of worse ways to kill 90 minutes.