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Coltrane, who last starred in the British drag comedy Nuns on the Run, has apparently gotten into the rather unfortunate habit of masquerading in vestments. But then the British always did think men in skirts were a laugh riot. The Pope Must Die, is little more than a political drag show. It's hardly a cardinal sin but nevertheless is devoutly to be avoided."
At first, The Pope Must Die is an energetic, often hilarious ribbing of things Vatican. Like the work of the Zucker Brothers, or the old, British Carry On . . . films, it barrels along on sight gags and farcical bravado. But about halfway through, "Pope" dies. It's so busy wandering through a purgatory of plot resolution, it forgets its earlier (funny) sins.