While the kids may sing a storm when at last they get down to mixing Beethoven, gospel and rap, in the good clean fun department this is monumentally weak and derivative.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:1
Rotten:26
Average Rating:2.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT owes a lot to such films as BLACKBOARD JUNGLE and TO SIR, WITH LOVE, where a novice teacher has to find a way to reach impoverished, undisciplined street kids. The... SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT owes a lot to such films as BLACKBOARD JUNGLE and TO SIR, WITH LOVE, where a novice teacher has to find a way to reach impoverished, undisciplined street kids. The film contains some outstanding musical numbers and fine comic performances that make it worth seeing. It also has historical significance as the first Hollywood blockbuster sequel entrusted to an African American director, Bill Duke. Whoopi Goldberg stars as Deloris, who disguises herself as a nun again to teach music at a failing Catholic school. Among her students is Rita (singer/rap artist Lauryn Hill), a talented performer whose mother feels that music is a waste of time. Deloris whips her unruly class into shape and enters them into a state choir competition. Along the way she takes on the school's administrator (James Coburn), who seems determined to shut down the school and sell the land for a parking lot. [More]
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Michael Jeter, Wendy Makkena, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Robert Pastorelli, Thomas Gottschalk, Maggie Smith, Lauryn Hill, Brad Sullivan, Alanna Ubach, Ryan Toby, Ron Johnson, Jennifer "Love" Hewitt
Director: Bill Duke
Director: Bill Duke
Reviews for Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Bouncy musical numbers and plenty of social concern, but the star, regrettably, is on autopilot.
A slapdash affair, with paper-thin plotting and characters more or less redeemed by some winning musical sequences.
The sequel suffers from a lame, saccharine premise and a fatally earnest manner.
Sister Act 2: Back In the Habit is merely a rehash of the first film, with less wit and charm.
It's kind of frightening that it took three writers to come up with this "plot".
This shoddiest of sequels should be the last act for these sorry Sisters.
It's clear that no one's creative juices were really flowing on this project. Not even trickling.
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