After being forced into hiding by an angry lord (Nick Offerman), a young servant by the name of Massetto (Dave Franco) is given refuge at a convent by Father Tommasso (John C. Reilly). Keeping his cover as a deaf mute will be anything but easy when a trio of raunchy nuns, played by Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Kate Micucci, set their sights on the young man. A red-band trailer for THE LITTLE HOURS has been released for your viewing pleasure, and it even comes with a lovely quote from The Catholic League saying that the film is "pure trash." Gotta love it.
"That's not a turnip! It's shit!"
Although the trailer prompted a chuckle or two, I would hope that the entire movie has a little more to it than nuns behaving badly. The Jeff Baena directed flick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and our own Chris Bumbray was on hand to check it out. Although he doesn't find it tough to imagine that some viewers will be confounded by THE LITTLE HOURS, he admits that others will find it charming. "Despite liberal doses of apostasy, pan-sexuality, witchcraft, and torture," said Bumbray, THE LITTLE HOURS is "a sweet-natured movie." Check out Chris Bumbray's full review right here!
The official synopsis for THE LITTLE HOURS:
Medieval nuns Alessandra (Alison Brie), Fernanda (Aubrey Plaza), and Ginevra (Kate Micucci) lead a simple life in their convent. Their days are spent chafing at monastic routine, spying on one another, and berating the estate’s day laborer. After a particularly vicious insult session drives the peasant away, Father Tommasso (John C. Reilly) brings on new hired hand Massetto (Dave Franco), a virile young servant forced into hiding by his angry lord. Introduced to the sisters as a deaf-mute to discourage temptation, Massetto struggles to maintain his cover as the repressed nunnery erupts in a whirlwind of pansexual horniness, substance abuse, and wicked revelry.
THE LITTLE HOURS will open in select theaters on June 30, 2017.