It Was A "Nun" Filled Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               Oh, darlings, what a fun time was had at "The Nun."  This may not have been Colin Hardy's first film, but it will be the first to establish him some actual street cred.

                                                 Bonnie Aarons, in the title role, may not get lines, or much screen time, but when she shows up, she steals the show!  I only wish there had been more of her.

                                                   Colin Hardy helps out with some spectacular shots of Romania, both inside and out.  I swear, had this film been shot in black and white, he might have been channeling Mario Bava.

                                                      Everyone in this hoot of a film seems to be channeling someone.  Early on, in the convent, Taissa Farmiga, as Sister Irene, passes a nasty nun, who disses her. Obviously a nod to Gladys Cooper in "The Song Of Bernadette."

                                                        Demian Bichir, as Father Burke, easily channels Jason Miller in "The Exorcist," while Farmiga, as the not quite nun novice, Sister Irene, tries for something serious--Jennifer Jones as Bernadette, or something.  She does succeed in bringing some gravitas to the film, but camp is what is highly needed here.

                                                           Bonnie Aarons in the title role, and Gabrielle Downey, as The Abbess, have the best, campy moments, and make this a nun fun film!!!!!!!!!!  Downey actually has the best lines, although how I wish her role had been played by the one actress who could have raised this role to the heightened camp needed--Sylvia Miles!!!!!!!!!  I kept thinking of Sylvia all through Downey's scenes.   Just look at her work as Madame Zena in Tobe Hooper's 1981 film, "The Funhouse," to see what I mean.

                                                            The film ends with an image from the first "Conjuring" film, as if to suggest the franchise has come full circle, and is done.  But don't you believe it, darlings!  This was the top grossing film of the weekend, because nuns sell tickets. And both Aarons and Downey were having such a good time with their roles, I think they, and viewers, are not through with them yet.  The actresses want to play them more, and viewers want to see more of them.

                                                              So, don't be surprised if they team up, for a double nun whammy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                               Only time will tell!

I am telling you, even Sister Camille would laugh her head off!!!!!!!!!!!!