Film

Sister Act 1992

Directed by Emile Ardolino

  • Music, Comedy
  • 100 min
  • PG

No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way.

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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Resolved, effortless, classical in form and comic.

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  • classical in formformally daring
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