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 Sister Act Sister Act Quote: Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. The film is #83 on Bravo's The 100 Funniest Movies list.
The film was followed by a 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. It also inspired a musical stage version that premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California in 2006, and opened at the West End's London Palladium with previews from May 7, 2009. The musical then opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre in April 2011, with previews beginning March 24, 2011.
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Thegun
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Re: Sister Act Fun movie with likable characters and a perfect fish out of water formula. I also admit I liked all the music numbers and laughed quite a bit.
The sequel is utter trash though.
This one I'll give a B+, the sequel an F
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Sister Act Thegun wrote: Fun movie with likable characters and a perfect fish out of water formula. I also admit I liked all the music numbers and laughed quite a bit.
The sequel is utter trash though.
This one I'll give a B+, the sequel an F The other day, I was asked about guilty pleasures. I had difficulty answering the question at the time, so thank you for clearing it up: Sister Act 2. Absolutely.
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Re: Sister Act yoshue wrote: Thegun wrote: Fun movie with likable characters and a perfect fish out of water formula. I also admit I liked all the music numbers and laughed quite a bit.
The sequel is utter trash though.
This one I'll give a B+, the sequel an F The other day, I was asked about guilty pleasures. I had difficulty answering the question at the time, so thank you for clearing it up: Sister Act 2. Absolutely. I second this.  As for the original, still good fun, from what I recall. _________________
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Re: Sister Act yoshue wrote: Thegun wrote: Fun movie with likable characters and a perfect fish out of water formula. I also admit I liked all the music numbers and laughed quite a bit.
The sequel is utter trash though.
This one I'll give a B+, the sequel an F The other day, I was asked about guilty pleasures. I had difficulty answering the question at the time, so thank you for clearing it up: Sister Act 2. Absolutely. And I third. That's one movie I just can't stop watching whenver it's on. Lauryn Hill is love.
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Thegun
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Re: Sister Act Uggggggh, this is like a Twilight Zone episode. come on Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit? That's Batman and Robin, Caddyshack II, Police Academy 7 bad.
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matatonio
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Re: Sister Act I love Sister Act and the Sequel too. I might be the only one to like it but for some reason i can stop seeing it. I think ive seen it easily more than 30 times.
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Re: Sister Act Yeah, this is a guilty pleasure. And, in spite of how shitty the sequel is, the fact that I like the characters *so* much makes up for how foul it is. I can sit through it - both of them, actually. The first is a cute film.
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Re: Sister Act Heh, it is cute. Not much more, but hey it has Whoopi in it, what more can you ask for? Oh, yeah, and some catchy tunes, and a completely cheesy plot.
Yep, its not half bad. B
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Re: Sister Act This film and its sequel are total guilty pleasures. I luv them both  _________________In order of preference: Christian, Argos MadGez wrote: Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation. My Box-Office Blog: http://boxofficetracker.blogspot.com/
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Re: Sister Act I love Sister Act. B+
I like the sequel as well. B
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Libs
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Re: Sister Act The original Sister Act is lots of fun. B+
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Re: Sister Act Hail girls Hail Mary, what's up? Well, Jerusalem's become a real drag, everybody hates me Uh-uh, not that guy over there! Who him? They all say he's different, they say he's really weird We don't care what people say, to us he's always there 
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