IMDb plot summary: Showgirl Deloris Van Cartier returns as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of Catholic students whose run-down school is slated for closure.
Directed by Bill Duke. Stars Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, and Maggie Smith.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a sequel to the Whoopi Goldberg vehicle where she poses as a nun to escape a murderous ex. Here, she's asked to pose as a nun again to... teach music at a private high school? This is the prime example of a sequel that isn't bad in and of itself, but... why is it here? It's just the first movie without a main character arc. Like the original, the two main musical performances are a lot of fun, but most of it is full of generic "music changes lives" statements and inspirational speeches that don't land. It also feels way too hard like it's trying to connect to "the youths" -- I'm sorry, I can't imagine a situation in which a performance of rapping nuns would convince a group of high schoolers that choir is cool. Add to all that that the justification for getting Whoopi Goldberg back in is truly ludicrous, and it's just kind of a disappointment... and maybe actually makes me like the original a little less too. This is why I don't watch sequels, folks! This is not the one to change my mind.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
📊 Ranked #2359/4169 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 43
lost to Frances Ha (held at #2082)
beat Sliding Doors (#3123 → #3124)
beat Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (#2603 → #2604)
lost to Following (held at #2343)
beat New Faces (#2473 → #2474)
beat Something the Lord Made (#2408 → #2409)
beat Fun with Dick and Jane (#2375 → #2376)
beat The Last Dragon (#2359 → #2360)
lost to The Blues Brothers (held at #2351)
lost to Sherlock Holmes (held at #2355)
lost to Charulata (held at #2357)
lost to Bad Education (held at #2358)
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