Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) on Netflix
Sisters Mary Robert, Mary Patrick and Mary Lazarus visit Deloris Van Cartier. They bring her back to St. Francis High School, where she becomes the music teacher, Sister Mary Clarence.
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Plot summary
Deloris Van Cartier headlines a show in Las Vegas when Sisters Mary Robert, Mary Patrick and Mary Lazarus arrive. The three teach at St. Francis High School in San Francisco, the school Deloris attended as a child, and they persuade her to return with them. The Reverend Mother asks her to become Sister Mary Clarence again and teach music there, and she reluctantly agrees. Father Maurice is the principal; Mr. Crisp, the administrator, wants the school closed. Her first class expects an easy grade, and Rita Louise Watson walks out. Hearing the students sing, Deloris forms them into a choir.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
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- Whoopi Goldberg was not particularly happy making the first movie and only made this sequel after Disney agreed to finance her dream project, Sarafina, saying she thought the first movie "was just stupid and this one wasn't much better."
- According to music executive Jerry L. Greenberg, Hill's role in the film led her to receive a solo record deal offer from Michael Jackson, which she turned down due to being a member of The Fugees.
- English singer Harry Styles has cited Ryan Toby's singing in the film as the primary source of inspiration for him to pursue a music career.
- In Japan the film inspired the creation of nearly thirty choirs: as entertainer Ken Taylor put it, it was not the churches but the community centers that had these choirs, with non-Christians saying that they wanted to sing just like the nuns in the movie.
- A sequel to the 1992 film Sister Act, it is loosely based on the life of Crenshaw High School choir instructor Iris Stevenson.
- In October 2023 Goldberg traveled to Rome to meet Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City in preparation for a third film.
- Following the death of Maggie Smith, who played the Mother Superior in the films, on September 27, 2024, Whoopi Goldberg confirmed in November 2024 on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that the script was being readjusted to accommodate story changes.
