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Sister Act

Sister Act

Music · Comedy · 1992

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

Movie details

Sister Act

“No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way.”

1992 Music · Comedy 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Emile Ardolino

Written by

Paul Rudnick

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Mother Superior

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Sister Mary Patrick

Wendy Makkena

Wendy Makkena

Sister Mary Robert

Mary Wickes

Mary Wickes

Sister Mary Lazarus

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Vince LaRocca

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Lt. Eddie Souther

Court is in session

Put Sister Act on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.