
The sisters come back to Deloris' (Whoopi Goldberg's) show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school, which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, Rita Watson (Lauryn Hill), who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, Florence Watson (Sheryl Lee Ralph), although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of monks tries to stop them.... (Full plot summary below)
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The sisters come back to Deloris' (Whoopi Goldberg's) show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school, which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, Rita Watson (Lauryn Hill), who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, Florence Watson (Sheryl Lee Ralph), although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of monks tries to stop them.
Leave your thoughts about Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarSister Act 2 is pretty much a mess. It takes forever to get on its feet and doesn’t make a lot of sense once it does. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrWhat's strange about Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is that it abandons most of what people liked about the first movie and replaces it with a formula as old as the hills. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis 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 the rich school. |
| VarietyBrian LowryLacks the charm and buoyancy that made the first "Act" a mass-appeal hit |
| Empire MagazineAngie ErrigoWhile 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. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenTo say the script is lame is to be charitable, but Whoopi’s irrepressible charm makes the nunsense watchable. Once again Hollywood doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone: Renting this sequel is like advancing a grade and getting last year’s teacher. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThose who like stale, formula-driven comedies with sickeningly-sweet happy endings, not to mention unbelievably-contrived plots, will find Sister Act 2 an example of good entertainment. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranEven by sequel standards, a minimal amount of creativity has gone into Sister Act 2, and not even the talents of its cast, including several likable young people, can compensate for this thrown-together feeling. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonDrags by minute by painful minute as Whoopi Goldberg and a strong supporting cast strive in vain to recapture the breezy energy of the original. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksSister Act 2: Back In the Habit is merely a rehash of the first film, with less wit and charm. |