The Little Hours
A fugitive handyman’s silent disguise turns a medieval convent into a riotous pressure cooker of lust, boredom, and rebellious female camaraderie.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- bawdy
- raucous comedy night
- adult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Jeff Baena’s controlled comic direction and the gifted ensemble’s ability to turn an outrageous medieval premise into consistently sharp, ribald farce.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The medieval convent setting is paired with contemporary vulgarity, profanity, and sexually explicit comic behavior.
The convent's nuns, servant, priest, and visiting figures create escalating conflicts and improvised comic exchanges inside the enclosed institution.
The story turns a medieval convent into a site of repression, desire, boredom, and resistance while adapting material from Boccaccio's Decameron.
The sisters' suppressed desires and pursuit of Massetto drive the disruption of convent life.
Films like The Little Hours, and why
Black Dynamite
raunchy ensemble comedy with anachronistic humor and irreverent treatment of social institutions
Wet Hot American Summer
deadpan ensemble comedy built around eccentric characters, improvised dialogue, and escalating sexual absurdity
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
period-set farce using bawdy humor, theatrical performances, and social convention as comic material
Daisies
sexually charged, irreverent comedy centered on constrained women challenging restrictive social roles
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeff Baena
- Release Date
- 2017-06-30
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (675)
Cast
- Alison Brie
- Dave Franco
- Kate Micucci
- Aubrey Plaza
- John C. Reilly
- Molly Shannon
- Fred Armisen
- Jemima Kirke
- Lauren Weedman
- Nick Offerman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Little Hours about?
- A fugitive handyman’s silent disguise turns a medieval convent into a riotous pressure cooker of lust, boredom, and rebellious female camaraderie.
- What is The Little Hours like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Little Hours as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Little Hours violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Little Hours as mild.
- What did critics think of The Little Hours?
- Critics broadly praised Jeff Baena’s controlled comic direction and the gifted ensemble’s ability to turn an outrageous medieval premise into consistently sharp, ribald farce.
- Which films are like The Little Hours?
- Films with a similar feel include Black Dynamite, Wet Hot American Summer, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Daisies.
- How long is The Little Hours?
- The Little Hours runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Little Hours?
- In United States, The Little Hours streams on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
