Sister Act

I don’t think anyone can will know how God feels about the richly mocking humor, but the average human movie watcher will enjoy, and dance to, this hilarious Whoopi Goldberg movie.

Despite the 1992’s “Sister Act’s” story is about a woman who witnesses a murder, this PG comedy is targeted at both kids and adults, and has enough laughs for each group to keep everybody happy.

Jeff Menell said in his review, “It’s a high-concept idea plugged into a formulaic execution, but this formula has often proved to be tried and true and it doesn’t fail here. The Whoopi crowd will just eat it up and Sister Act may make converts out of the rest of the public. The film’s heavenly expectations at the box office should be fulfilled. Hallelujah!”

Whoopi plays Deloris, the lead singer of a Supremes-like lounge group currently praising them in Reno. Her boyfriend, Vince, played by Harvey Keitel, is a murdering mobster who is afraid he will commit a great sing if he leaves his wife.

At her breaking point with wasting her life, Deloris quits the group and is about to do the same to Vince when she accidentally witnesses one of Vince’s men kill a man.

Deloris escapes and goes to the police, where Lt. Eddie Souther, played by Bill Nunn, decides to secretly keep her hidden in a convent until the trail. They find possibly the last place Vince would think to look for his Catholic school dropout ex-girlfriend.

This is also the last place Deloris wants to be. Also, the strict Reverend Mother, played effortlessly, as always, by Maggie Smith, doesn’t make it any easier for Deloris.

However, much to everyone’s surprise, Deloris starts to fit in, changes the once dilapidated church choir into a high energy group, cleans up the neighborhood, and saves the church.

Everything is very predictable, and if there was time you might get livid at the silliness of everything. However, things move at such a fast pace, and the comedic timing of everything is impressive enough to dominate the basic mistakes.

Menell credited, “Goldberg offers much comic relief as the acerbic nun, a part that seems to have been written expressly for her.” Since the credits say nothing different, we have to guess that’s really her singing, and she’s really good. She’s obviously having fun playing a singing nun and it’s enjoyable.

As you could think, there is no role that Maggie Smith can’t play flawlessly. She does so much with so little effort, that we can’t help but be happy in admiration every great time she’s on screen.

“Sister Act” isn’t hard to follow, and it’s easy to enjoy. The funny songs may make some very religious people cringe while they laugh, but they will laugh.

I saw this movie on TV, but it was the censored version, which didn’t make as enjoyable. However, I did end up seeing the actual version later on, and I really had a fun time watching this film. If you haven’t seen it, you should check it out, especially since the 30^th anniversary of when this film was released will be next year. Check it out if you’re a Whoopi Goldberg fan and have an enjoyable time laughing.

Look out tomorrow when I look at a good novel adaptation in “Disney Month 2021.”