KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

HotToastyRag This one is one of my favorite young Clint Eastwood movies. Movies are supposed to be entertaining, right? And what's more entertaining than watching a hunky guy and a pretty girl? Clint Eastwood is rugged and rough (duh) as his usual cowboy self, and in Two Mules for Sister Sara, he rescues the cutest little nun in the desert, Shirley MacLaine! The nun and the cowboy team up and develop a friendship. . .and perhaps more. The movie is super cute, romantic, and quite funny. If I liked it—and I'm usually bored to tears by westerns—you will, too! Lots of eye candy, lots of jokes, and absolutely fantastic ending! The chemistry between the two is absolutely sizzling; I never read that Shirley and Clint had an affair during the filming, but they certainly were cute together. Just look at some backstage pictures—if that isn't love in her eyes, I don't know what is!

Uriah43 While traveling from the United States into Mexico a cowboy by the name of "Hogan" (Clint Eastwood) comes across a scene in which a nun named "Sister Sara" (Shirley MacLaine) is about to be raped by three outlaws. He promptly shoots all three men and agrees to accompany Sister Sara to the nearest village. One thing leads to another and they eventually end up traveling to the same destination with the identical goal of helping the rebellious Mexicans in their revolution against the French. But even though they both need each other to carry out their mission, Sister Sara has a big secret that she keeps hidden from Hogan until the very end. Now rather than divulge any more of this movie and risk ruining the film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a pretty good Western with nice touches of humor along the way. In many respects this movie shares a similarity with Clint Eastwood's previous "Spaghetti Westerns" except that the addition of Shirley MacLaine adds another dimension to this film which was lacking from the others. Now that's not to say that this movie was necessarily better as it had a couple of long extended scenes here and there which slowed things down a bit. But I still enjoyed it and I rate it as above average.

movie reviews This 1970 producion is the first "spaghetti western" made by mainstream Hollywood featuring Eastwood. The original spaghetti westerns were directed by Sergio Leone and were originally in Italian (Eastwood only added his voice when they were dubbed into English and released in the US).These Italian westerns which made Eastwood famous were filmed in Spain in the last half of the 60s.In this movie Eastwood is a mercenary who has agreed to blow up a French garrison for Mexican revolutionaries in return for half the cash stored there. On his way to this job he saves McClain from being raped and the two proceed with their aims as a duo (she too is helping the revolutionaries disguised as a nun).As an aside Siegel said later that McClain was very hard to work with-- she was tough and "it is like she has balls". She and Eastwood did not get along. Also Eastwood said he had to kill the rattlesnake because Mexican authorities did not want it released in that area. Eastwood does not believe in killing animals--he obviously is against hunting.Siegel's cinematography is flawless may I even say fantastic--watch the mountain lion and the horse stepping on the spider. The story is good up until about the last 30 minutes when it degenerates into a boring moralizing Hollywood finale with a mass assault on the garrison (I much prefer finales with Eastwood and his 6 shooter) also a dud cliché surprise denouement involving McClain.So in summary very good for the first hour but doesn't maintain it.Misc: This movie was high budget for the time (over $4 million) it was moderately successful grossing about $4.5 million in N. America. It was filmed entirely in Mexico over about 60 days.RECOMMEND

AaronCapenBanner Clint Eastwood stars as a mercenary named Hogan, who rescues a nun being attacked by three cowboys. After dispatching them, Hogan finds to his consternation that he can't get rid of the grateful nun Sara(Shirley MacLaine), though he discovers that she has information regarding a French fort he is doing reconnaissance on. He also learns that this nun has secrets of her own...Reasonably entertaining film has some good action and comedy, though also some graphic violence in the climatic battle at the French fort, and an entirely predictable outcome of their romance. Marred by glaring changes of tone, but still passable.