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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

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Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 28
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Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 8
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In the sequel to the hit comedy Sister Act, Whoopie Goldberg reprises her role of Deloris Van Cartier, a Las Vegas entertainer who hid out with in a convent of nuns to avoid a nasty bunch of gangsters. In Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deloris is persuaded to return to the convent by the Mother Superior (Maggie Smith), because her help is needed in teaching their choral students at St. Francis High in San Francisco. However, St. Francis is in a crisis, since the administrator running the

PG, 1 hr. 46 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Bill Duke

In Theaters: Dec 10, 1993 Wide

On DVD: Feb 20, 2001

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Deloris Van Cartier/Mar...
Kathy Najimy
Mary Patrick
Barnard Hughes
Father Maurice
Mary Wickes
Mary Lazarus
James Coburn
Mr. Crisp
Michael Jeter
Father Ignatius
Wendy Makkena
Mary Robert
Maggie Smith
Mother Superior
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Florence Watson
Robert Pastorelli
Joey Bustamente
Thomas Gottschalk
Father Wolfgang
Lauryn Hill
Rita Watson
Brad Sullivan
Father Thomas
Alanna Ubach
Maria
Ron Johnson
Sketch
Pat Crawford Brown
Choir Nun
Sharon Brown
Backup Singer #3
Susan Browning
Choir Nun
Monica Calhoun
Classroom Kid
Georgia Creighton
Choir Nun
Edith Diaz
Choir Nun
Bill Duke
Mr. Johnson
Beth Fowler
Choir Nun
Warren Frost
Archdiocese Person #1
Robin Gammell
Archdiocese Person #2
Purdence Wright Holmes
Choir Nun
Sheri Izzard
Choir Nun
Ruth Kobart
Choir Nun
Darlene Koldenhoven
Choir Nun
Sidney Lassick
Competition Announcer
Jenifer Lewis
Backup Singer #1
Patrick Malone
Classroom Kid
Rose Parenti
Choir Nun
Regan Patno
Dancer
Lacy Darryl Phillips
Dancer
Paul Thorpe
Dancer "Postman"
Gabriel Trupin
Dancer
Pamela Tyson
Backup Singer #2
Yolanda Whittaker
Sondra
Frank Williams
Dancer
Carmen Zapata
Choir Nun
Aleta Helena Chappelle
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Margaret
Deedee Lynn Magno
Classroom Kid
Ryan Toby
Ahmal
Frank Howard
Classroom Kid

Critic Reviews for Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (27) | DVD (4)

Two trips to the convent is one too many.

August 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Brian Lowry

Variety

Top Critic

I hope what they all got paid made it worth the bother.

August 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The sequel suffers from a lame, saccharine premise and a fatally earnest manner.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Caryn James

New York Times

Top Critic

This is another one of those dreary retreads about a bunch of kids with no faith in themselves, and about how an inspiring teacher coaches them into the State Finals, where they upset the snobs from the rich school.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

This shoddiest of sequels should be the last act for these sorry Sisters.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Joe Brown

Washington Post

Top Critic

It's kind of frightening that it took three writers to come up with this "plot".

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Harmless, silly tale with vibrant music and dance.

December 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

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.

August 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

A slapdash affair, with paper-thin plotting and characters more or less redeemed by some winning musical sequences.

August 4, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Enough already! Nun more, please. And "cute" is not the descriptive word here.

August 3, 2007 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Bouncy musical numbers and plenty of social concern, but the star, regrettably, is on autopilot.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Unwatchable.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

lame, stupid sequel

September 2, 2005 Comment

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

The film is like a pleasant visit with old friends

July 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Should've left the first one alone

December 23, 2002 Comment

Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

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I love these films. Very funny! Whoopi Goldberg is hilarious! A must see!

June 23, 2011

Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Not as good as the first one, whether it's from the story or the song selection.. I really thought they were pushed to make this movie just because the first one was a big hit.. Even though all the cast come back again, like Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, and Wendy Makkena, but the story which is too

June 13, 2006

Sanjaya 丘耀文

Super Reviewer

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1. Mr. Crisp: Sister Mary Fake!
– Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)
1. Mary Lazarus: Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Show me a man that a woman can trust. Now where did it say that on the eighth day He dusteth?
– Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)
1. Deloris Van Cartier/Mary Clarence: Now listen, I know you've got to think about your image, cause image is important to you, because of course your friends are gonna dictate your actions through the rest of your lives, and I wouldn't want you to step away from them and become an individual, that would almost be too much!
– Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)
1. Deloris Van Cartier/Mary Clarence: If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention.
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1. Deloris Van Cartier/Mary Clarence: Good morning. Ladies and gentlemen. Please take your seats. Do it quickly and quietly. Welcome to the first day of your new scholastic lives. This is no longer a bird course. The bird has flown. If you want to pass this course, you gonna have to earn it,'cause I have no problems not one. Failing each and every one of you.
– Submitted by Lea L (8 months ago)

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