Sister Act
No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way.
1992 • 100 min • Music · Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 8- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 68 Audience · 3492 · 47%
When a lounge singer witnesses a murder, she enters witness protection as a nun, bringing her vibrant personality to a quiet convent choir. She shakes up the sisters' lives and inspires them with her unique style.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Discussions of murder
- Mob-related threats
- Mild suggestive themes related to a lounge singer's past
What it models well
- Finding your voice
- Community and belonging
- Embracing change
Talk about it after
- How Deloris helped the nuns find new purpose
- The meaning of friendship and loyalty
- How music can bring people together
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Top billed cast
Director: Emile Ardolino • Crew: Paul Rudnick
Trailers & clips
Sister Act | All the Facts | Disney+ Deets
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedWhoopi Goldberg and Dame Maggie Smith are on top form in this engaging comedy thriller. Goldberg "Deloris van Cartier" witnesses her gangster boyfriend commit murder. When she is drafted in by the police to testify against him, she is put into a witness protection scheme with a difference. She is to hide out in a convent under the tutelage of Dame Maggie's "Mother Superior". After initial clashes on just about eve...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**One of the great comedies of the decade.** We are facing a film that was a huge success when it was released and continues, even today, to have a vast legion of fans. It's one of those light, friendly comedies that doesn't age, is always current, and is a pleasure to revisit from time to time. The expertly written screenplay tells the story of Deloris, a casino singer who must be protected by the police after...
RecommendedMary Clarence? Like Clarence Williams III from The Mod Squad? When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in. Whoopi Goldberg is the sister act of the title, and boy does she have a great time with the characterisation. It's hardly pulling up any trees, and it holds few surprises, yet it's so warm and gentle with its humour ...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.8/10 (3,492)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $31,000,000
- Box office
- $231,605,150
- Franchise
- Sister Act Collection
- IMDb
- tt0105417
