I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Girls in boarding school take revenge on a nasty nun Sister Ursula. Years later, a young woman and her friends must stop the nun's revengeful spirit.Director Luis De La Madrid offers some genuine creepy visuals that will stay with you in this well shot horror, but the fresh faced cast are pretty forgettable. Some dodgy dubbing aside possibly to mask some broad accents both visual and sound effects enhance what could have been simply mediocre affair. Unlike Brian Yuzna's Fantastic Factory Rottweiler or Arachnid this has less B film feel.There's a small amount of gore, a decapitation, amputation arms and the like. In retrospect the CGI was used effectually and the filmed in water effect (from Oscar-winning David Martí and Montse Ribé ) which was later refined in 300 (2006) Oracle scene really makes the Nun eerie. Some of the editing is as choppy and clunky as Manu Díez script. Jaume Balagueró's story with its opening idea and concept is strong, even so Díez screenplay seem to lose focus in the second act and this hampers Luis De La Madrid's offering. As Spanish slasher and vengeful ghost sub genre films go this probably assisted in the resurgence of spate of superior European additions to the genre. Overall, La Monja/The Nun is worth taking a look at for Martí and Ribé's early efforts alone.

This is a very interestingly done horror flick. When I say interesting, that's because the story changes direction completely especially in the final that left me surprised. Lot of the moviegoers who watched the movie felt the writers messed up the flick with the unbelievable or unconvincing ending. For me it doesn't matter. Usually I'm impressed if any movie can leave me hooked till the end. To that extent, The Nun was entertaining.All the performances are decent but I must pick out Cristina Piaget as Sister Ursula. She is so photogenic(check our her online pics) and acts with explosive talent.The movie does not explain some of the grey(confusing) areas in the story well enough, which must have left many viewers disappointed including myself. Also, what's with this evil nun screeching?! They could have toned down on her angry war cry :) Still, I appreciate what the makers have done with the performances, special effects and the haunting score.Verdict: Forget logic and relax back with a raging, dead nun breathing down your neck :)

this movie has joined a plethora of amazingly horrible horror flicks on my shelf.it's so bad that it's good. that being said, when i'm rich and famous my friend and i are so remaking this movie...and i'm so going to be the nun for halloween next year.yeah, this movie is going up there with bones, crazy lips, uzumaki and any other awesomely bad Chinese/Japanese/korean/thai horror flicks i've seen, cheerleading camp, and every other horrible horror movie out there.yay horror films, yay nuns!

Perhaps for starters, we should state clear that "the Nun" is definitely NOT a nunsploitation movie, like some other reviewers around here called it. Real nunsploitation is....erm...different and not as easily available as this movie. Anyone who ever saw or even just heard about the reputation of such films like "Beyond Convent Walls" or "The Sex Demons" knows that this movie plays in an entirely different league. Louis De La Madrid's debut feature is more like a good old-fashioned slasher, only with an unusual and surreal killer! It's not the greatest movie ever made, but it's a very entertaining Spanish horror effort with loads of clever gimmicks and above-average CGI-effects. The story begins in America (supposedly), where Eve witnesses how her mother is killed by a kind of shape that strangely resemblances a nun. She discovers that many of her mothers' old friends are murdered in equally strange conditions and that it leads back to the times they all went to a strict catholic school in Barcelona together. Eve and her friends find out that the feared Sister Ursula got killed there 18 years ago, and her vengeful spirit returned to wipe out ancient sins. The best thing about "The Nun" is that the script doesn't take itself too seriously. Halfway through, one of the characters righteously suggests that their situation is similar to "I know what you did 18 summers ago". That pretty much sums up the whole movie, actually. Only the killer is much cooler and everything doesn't exclusively revolve on the cleavage of the main actress. De La Madrid's filming style is overall stylish but nevertheless the film features a handful of impressive shock-moments, notably the gruesome deaths of Susan and Cristy. The acting is pretty bad, but what do you expect from an entirely non-American cast that is suddenly forced to speak English? I think they all did an acceptable job, especially the main girl and her boyfriend. The computer-engineered nun, who always travels in a liquid shape, is effectively creepy. That final plot-twist was perhaps a bit redundant and disappointing, but I guess it could have been even worse. Fun movie to watch when you're in an undemanding horror-mood.