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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TheWrapClaudia PuigTheWrapClaudia PuigThe 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.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA comedy in both the current and the original senses of the word, Little Hours earns its laughs before ensuring a happy end.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeA medieval convent comedy for the megaplex crowd.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe 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.
- 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.
- 75The PlaylistNoel MurrayThe PlaylistNoel MurrayEven if The Little Hours never becomes a knee-slapper, it’s consistently entertaining…kind of like a laid-back, stretched-out Monty Python sketch.
- 60ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerOn 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.
- 58The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupIt’s far from achieving the holy grail of comedy, but as a frivolous, fleeting time, The Little Hours has its charms thanks to the strength of its cast.
- 58ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerThe Little Hours is reasonably entertaining, but it hints just enough at something deeper that it may well leave you wanting.