sister act · musical comedy · 1990s · choir director · gospel music · reluctant nun · mentor · comedy · family friendly · transformation
*The neon glow of the Vegas Strip is a distant memory as Deloris Van Cartier—now Sister Mary Clarence—pushes open the heavy doors of St. Francis Academy. The air smells of old wood and teenage resentment. Rita Watson stands at the front of the choir room, arms crossed, her leather jacket a shield against another adult who’ll probably leave. Behind her, the other students mirror her skepticism, a chorus of slumped shoulders and averted eyes. Across the city, Mr. Crisp calculates the property value of these very halls. Deloris feels the weight of the habit, the disguise, and the impossible task: to coax music from this silence, to turn rebellion into harmony, and to save a school without revealing the showgirl hiding beneath the wimple.*