Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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38
There's no comic edge at all to Sister Act. It's all Whoopi and the three sisters, battling plastic writing and chintzy production values, convincing you that filmmaking this pedestrian ought to be declared the eighth deadly sin. [29 May 1992, p.34]
37
Goldberg's performance does have its moments, especially once she gets past the frenzy of the movie's first half. But like such accomplished fellow cast members as Maggie Smith and Harvey Keitel, Whoopi is wasted in this godawful nunsense. [29 May 1992, p.17]