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, Paris Jackson, and

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. The film was released in select theaters and through

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in the United States on August 20, 2021, by Lionsgate.

Premise

A Los Angeles girl goes on the run with her friends. The group hide out while dressed as nuns when they run afoul of a drug lord.

Cast

Production

Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale,

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, and

joined the cast of the film in early 2020, with Janell Shirtcliff directing from a screenplay by Suki Kaiser from a story by Shirtcliff and Libby Mintz, with Thorne serving as an executive producer. By April 2020,

, Paris Jackson,

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, and Libby Mintz had joined the cast of the film.

Reception

Critical response

Controversy

The film attracted controversy by the Christian right for the supposedly blasphemous and sacrilegious themes of depicting Jesus as lesbian before its release. As of June 30, 2020, more than 260,000 people had signed a petition in order to block the film. Detractors labelled the film as "Christianophobic garbage" as well as claiming that it aims to "ridicule people of faith". The ''

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'' compared the controversy to that of the 2019 Brazilian satirical film ''

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'', which depicted Jesus as gay and resulted in a ban overturned by the

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. However, there is no indication of promotional materials that portray Jesus as a lesbian.

References

External links

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