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Sister Act Details

1992 Certificate PG
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On-the-run after witnessing her Las Vegas mobster boyfriend kill someone, a tacky lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) enters the Witness Protection Program - as a nun. Now the convent needs protection, from the new Sister Mary Clarence and her Vegas-style ideas on how to run the choir. A charming comedy and one of Goldberg's best .. Read more

Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Mary Wickes, Maggie Smith
Director Emile Ardolino
Genres Comedy, Drama

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Sister Act

On-the-run after witnessing her Las Vegas mobster boyfriend kill someone, a tacky lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) enters the Witness Protection Program - as a nun. Now the convent needs protection, from the new Sister Mary Clarence and her Vegas-style ideas on how to run the choir. A charming comedy and one of Goldberg's best movies.

Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Mary Wickes, Maggie Smith, Bill Nunn, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena
Director Emile Ardolino
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy, Drama
Language DVD: English
Released Production year: 1992

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    • "...Graced with a clever script, a cast that will make you smile until you ache, and a snappy sense of pace....[It is] one of those rare occasions where everything almost magically falls into place..."

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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

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      MANY laugh out loud ...

      MANY laugh out loud moments and a very funny film. Whoopi is fab as usual and some great gospel moments to send the soul soaring.

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      Brilliant

      Not sure why Tesco sent me Nuns on the Run one week and Sister Act the next week! But even if they hadn't, comparisons would be inevitable. Both are about ... read more »

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      Loved It !!!

      A very funny, feel good movie.

      No matter how many times I watch this movie, it always leaves me feeling happy.

      From the fun of the unusual... read more »

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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

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      Sister Act

      A feel good funny film worth watching again. Although lacking in depth this is good entertainment which leaves happy feelings. Whoopi Goldberg really lifts the ... read more »

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    New York nun sues over Sister Act

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 11 Nov 2011

    Disney bosses have been hit with a lawsuit from a New York nun, who alleges her autobiography was the inspiration for the Sister Act movie and musical. Delois Blakely claims she was a "young, black, singing nun serving the street people and youths of Harlem" when she wrote her 1987 book The Harlem Street Nun, which she is convinced was the basis for the 1992 comedy. Blakely alleges she penned a three-page synopsis of a film based on her autobiography and claims in the lawsuit that a movie... Read more

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    • Sister Act
      On-the-run after witnessing her Las Vegas mobster boyfriend kill someone, a tacky lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) enters the Witness Protection Program - as a nun. Now the convent needs protection, from the new Sister Mary Clarence and her Vegas-style ideas on how to run the choir. A charming ...