The setting is the Abbey of Saint Carta, an actual monastery, although the real-life version has been abandoned since the 1600s. Catholicism being a famously equal-opportunity institution, he’s paired with Sister Irene, a novitiate played by Taissa Farmiga, younger sister of The Conjuring’s Vera. He’s easily the funniest thing in The Nun, although whether by intention or accident it’s hard to say. Nick-of-time rescues included one inventive effort that was half exorcism, half defibrillation. But there’s not enough plot to keep a viewer interested, even though the film scampers past in a brief 96 minutes.

Source: National Post September 06, 2018 18:22 UTC