If you’re bored on this Saturday evening, or whenever it is wherever you are, and are need in of a good movie to watch, I have just the one for you and it’s probably a movie that not everyone would realize is inspirational. Indeed, I speak of Sister Act 2: Back in The Habit, starring Whoopi Goldberg among many others.
Released in 1993, the movie is technically a sequel to Sister Act, a movie about a Las Vegas performer who is forced into the witness protection program and who has to hide out at a convent. But this movie is actually stands on its own, completely set apart from its prequel. This time, Goldberg’s character is visited in Las Vegas by her nun friends, who convince her to return to San Francisco and her alma mater, a troubled Catholic high school full of troubled students.
Sister Mary Clarence (Goldberg) is tapped to be the school’s new music teacher and boy, howdy, did she not bargain for what she got. When Clarence got there, the music class was fulled with misbehaving, troublesome students. Things got off to a rough start, but when she discovered that the students could actually sing, she forms them into a choir. At first, they were mortified, but they soon warmed up to the idea.
While cleaning up a classroom to prepare for the choir, a few of the nuns found trophies and awards from the school’s past. It seems that, in years prior, the school’s choir was well-recognized and won several talent shows. It was at this point that it was decided that the school would send its choir to compete in a regional competition and perhaps regain the school’s glory of old.
The movie then shows the students progressing from rough around the edges to serious students eager to compete. I could sit here and type a lengthy review, but I don’t want to ruin the plot line. If you’re in the mood for a movie such as this, I simply invite you to watch it by streaming from Disney+.
I will, however, show you this clip from the competition at the end of the movie. This clip alone should make you want to see this movie from start to finish. I find it to be an inspiring movie that shows the growth of misfit students into mature, competitive, serious students.
As you can probably guess, I highly recommend this movie. I think I can guarantee that you won’t be disappointed.