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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... read more read more.... 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 school (James Coburn) is threatening to shut the place down. If the gospel choir wins first place in a singing contest in Los Angeles, St. Francis will be saved from the priest's plans. Though the plot is rather thin and derivative, Sister Act 2 is lighthearted fun, thanks to good musical numbers and winning performances from the cast. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2001

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  • June 23, 2011
    I love these films. Very funny! Whoopi Goldberg is hilarious! A must see!
  • April 7, 2011
    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 ... read moreMakkena, but the story which is too ordinary, too cliche, and too predictable made the movie wasn't as good as the first one because basically they just want to repeat the first movie's success.. Even though they made the movie a lot lot younger by adding some potential young actors, but basically it's no use.. Overall, I can't say this one is a good one, especially when you should compare it to the first movie, but it's still an enjoyable and entertaining movie..
  • August 15, 2010
    I remember seeing this in the theater as a child, and, while I kind of liked it back then, i knew it wasn't as good as the first. Only now that I'm older do I realize that there's not much of a reason for this film to exist, and that it falls prey to all of the tired old cliches ... read moreanyway. The performances aren't terrible though, and the music is at least good, but really, this either should have been different all together, or existed not at all. Why does Whoopi HAVE to don the habit here anyway? She could have easily gotten the job done without it.
  • June 4, 2010
    funny
  • September 24, 2009
    A terrible sequel AND starring Lauryn Hill! Ungodly!
  • July 13, 2007
    Back in the Habit. Whoopi converts bad kids into a choir.
  • June 5, 2007
    Seen the first on and it was barely good, now this sequel I think lacks of a decent story, Whoopy is funny but she can't save a miovie alone, its a shame to see a great actress like Maggie Smith doing this type of movies
  • April 29, 2007
    Whoopi Goldberg returns as the Sister and undercover as a music teacher at an inner-city school in an attempt to reach rebellious students. Very tame, but charming.
  • March 11, 2007
    More soulless contrived cliched rubbish in a similar, but worse vein to the original. Whoopi.
  • January 11, 2007
    that one kid can sing, whoopi is sort of annoying though

Critic Reviews


Brian Lowry
August 4, 2009
Brian Lowry, Variety

Two trips to the convent is one too many. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
August 4, 2009
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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

Caryn James
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times

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

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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 t... Full Review

Joe Brown
January 1, 2000
Joe Brown, Washington Post

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

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Shamelessly contrived pap. Full Review

Angie Errigo
August 4, 2009
Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine

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. Full Review

August 4, 2009
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Steve Crum
August 3, 2007
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

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

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    • Mr. Crisp: Sister Mary Fake!
    • 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?
    • 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!
    • Deloris Van Cartier/Mary Clarence: If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention.
    • 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.
    • Deloris Van Cartier/Mary Clarence: Do you know what I hate most about this place? There is nothing to pick up and throw.

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