Plot
The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure...
Release Year: 1993
Rating: 4.8/10 (16,804 voted)
Director:
Bill Duke
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith
Storyline The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of stereotypical incompetent monks tries to stop them.
Writers: Joseph Howard, James Orr
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg
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Deloris Van Cartier
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Sister Mary Clarence
Kathy Najimy
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Sister Mary Patrick
Barnard Hughes
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Father Maurice
Mary Wickes
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Sister Mary Lazarus
James Coburn
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Mr. Crisp
Michael Jeter
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Father Ignatius
Wendy Makkena
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Sister Mary Robert
Sheryl Lee Ralph
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Florence Watson
Robert Pastorelli
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Joey Bustamente
Thomas Gottschalk
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Father Wolfgang
Maggie Smith
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Mother Superior
Lauryn Hill
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Rita Louise Watson
Brad Sullivan
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Father Thomas
Alanna Ubach
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Maria
Ryan Toby
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Westley Glen 'Ahmal' James
Release Date: 10 December 1993
Filming Locations: Bank of America Building - 555 California Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Gross: $57,319,029
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When the students are on the basketball court, Lauryn Hill's character, Rita, starts rapping. Her rap wasn't a part of the script.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
Before Sister Mary Clarence enters the music room for the first time, the students can be heard telling the same "Yo Mama" jokes through the door that they tell once she enters.
Quotes: Mr. Crisp:
Sister Mary Fake!
User Review
A funny and charming film.
Rating:
I just love to read some of the negative comments on a film like this. This
is a movie about a Las Vegas headliner who is called to help deal with
unruly kids at a Catholic school. You were expecting maybe Schindler's List?
When did it become such a crime just to enjoy a delightful movie packed
with talent all geared toward entertainment?
And what talent. Whoopi Goldberg, Lauryn Hill, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kathy
Najimy, Maggie Smith, James Coburn, Michael Jeter, and more. It's adorable
and it handily meets its goal of being entertaining. All I can say is that
I pity people who have become so jaded, or are so concerned with being cool,
that they can't enjoy such a funny and charming film.
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