The available reviews lean towards disappointment, though several find enough in Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane’s partnership to raise a laugh. Praise centres on their comic contrast and ease together, with even less favourable notices crediting the performances for making weak material work. The nun disguises provide some amusement, but the broader agreement is that the farce delivers occasional laughs rather than sustained comic invention.
The divide is over how much those laughs compensate for familiar plotting and mechanical situations. Variety is the clearest supporter, finding the comedy enjoyable and efficiently directed, with witty double entendres, though some eyesight gags go too far. Elsewhere, complaints cluster around clichés, car chases and a lack of surprise; Empire argues that the situations underuse the leads. The spread is wide, but specific judgements are unavailable for two of the seven reviews, limiting how fully that range can be explained.