- When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
- Deloris Wilson (Whoopi Goldberg), a black woman who has chosen the stage name Deloris Van Cartier, is a Reno, Nevada lounge singer, she, the lead in a girl trio, in which she also chooses and arranges the music and choreographs the shows. She is a wisecracking, showy woman who has always loved music. She, however, only has her current job being hired by her married lover, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), to sing in his casino's lounge. She learns of Vince's true business as a gangster when she walks in on him killing one of his employees who wronged him. As a witness to the murder, Deloris goes on the run to the police, Lieutenant Eddie Souther (Bill Nunn), who has long been running an operation to get enough evidence to put Vince behind bars, this murder, which could be the metaphorical nail in Vince's coffin. However, Vince has put a contract out on Deloris' life to prevent her from testifying against him. As such, Eddie has to hide her until the trial, which will be at least two months. Where Eddie chooses is St. Katherine's, a poor Catholic parish and convent in a tough neighborhood in San Francisco. The convent's Mother Superior (Dame Maggie Smith) reluctantly takes Deloris in, that reluctance as Deloris is not anywhere near being close to looking or acting like a typical nun. Furthermore, the Mother Superior does not tell any of the sisters Deloris' true identity or the real reason for her being at St. Katherine's. With the Mother Superior cloistering the sisters behind the convent walls to pray for the salvation mostly of down and out of the neighborhood while keeping the sisters safe from harms of the outside world, there is an immediate and continual clash of wills between her and Deloris. Deloris, as renamed Sister Mary Clarence, does have an effect on two of the sisters, Mary Patrick (Kathy Najimy), a perpetually perky woman, and Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), who always feels left behind in whatever is happening in life. The clash between Deloris and the Mother Superior leads to the Mother Superior restricting Deloris to one task at the convent, one that leads to good and bad changes at St. Katherine's, the bad most specifically in potentially leading Vince and his associates to Deloris. Those changes also bring the battle of wills between Deloris and Mother Superior to a head, unless each can see the positive in what is happening in relation to their life at the convent.—Huggo
- This movie is about a Reno, Nevada lounge singer named Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg), who witnesses her mobster boyfriend, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), killing an employee. She is then hidden in a convent under a witness protection program. She soon makes friends with the nuns, especially Sister Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), Sister Mary Lazarus (Mary Wickes), and Sister Mary Patrick (Kathy Najimy). After the Mother Superior (Dame Maggie Smith) catches Deloris going out to a bar in the night followed by Mary Robert and Mary Patrick, she orders her to join the church choir, only to find her coaching the choir and turning them into swingin' singin' sisters. The choir proves to be a big success with the surrounding neighborhood, but will Deloris' boyfriend track her down.—Chantel Cotterell <ynnahc@msn.com>
- Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) is a singer who wants to make it big. She is having a romance with a guy named Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), but when he won't leave his wife, she breaks up with him. Afterwards, she witnesses a murder which was ordered by Vince. Deloris runs to the police who say she must stay in hiding for a while. However, this hiding place isn't an old run down house, or a caravan no, it's a convent. Deloris' new identity is Sister Mary Clarence. However, Deloris doesn't just sit around all day in the lifeless, boring convent, no she goes clubbing and makes friends with the nuns. She also turns the dull, lifeless choir into a hip one, which makes the church more popular with young people. However how long will it be before knowledge of this choir and Deloris reaches Vince?—x_ baby angel
- Reno, Nevada lounge singer Deloris (Whoopi Goldberg) witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The Mother Superior (Dame Maggie Smith) does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually, the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on television. This alerts the mob to her whereabouts, and the chase is back on.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
- St. Anne's Academy is a California Catholic school in 1968, where a young girl named Deloris Wilson (Isis Carmen Jones) is scolded for wisecracking and disobeying rules. Deloris does not take her studies seriously and greatly embarrasses her nun teachers while showing an affinity for music. Deloris is declared as the most unruly and disobedient girl in school.
24 years later in 1992, Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) is a lounge singer working in a casino called The Moonlight Lounge, located in Reno, Nevada run by her boyfriend, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), a mobster. Vince has promised that he would marry Deloris after divorcing his wife but says that now is not the right time to go ahead with it. Deloris is very angry and decides to quit the show. Deloris' act includes Michelle (Jenifer Lewis) and Tina (Charlotte Crossley).
Deloris then receives a shallow gift (an expensive purple mink coat which used to belong to his wife) from Vince and attempts to return it. During this Deloris witnesses Vince executing a chauffeur Ernie (Max Grodenchik) (who went to the police the previous evening and spoke for 3 hours to Lt. Southern). Deloris is stunned and claims that she came to thank Vince for the coat.
Vince orders his men Joey (Robert Miranda) and Willy (Richard Portnow) to kill her too. Deloris flees Vince's casino to the local police station where Lieutenant Eddie Souther (Bill Nunn) suggests she stand trial against Vince if he can be arrested, but for now, she should go into witness protection until the time comes. Souther says that it will take at least a couple of months to get a court date.
Deloris is taken to St. Katherine's Roman Catholic Church in a seedy run-down neighborhood of San Francisco, where Souther suggests she disguise herself as a nun. Deloris is livid, but Souther says that Vince has a contract on her for $100,000 and a convent is the last place he would look. Both Deloris and the Reverend Mother (Maggie Smith) object but are convinced by Souther and Monsignor O'Hara (Joseph Maher) to go ahead with it with the added deal that the police will pay the failing convent a good sum of money. Reverend Mother is reminded that her small convent is in the danger of being closed down, due to the lack of donations, or any meaningful engagement with the local community.
Deloris becomes a nun and is given the name "Sister Mary Clarence". Reverend Mother orders that while Deloris is with them, she will conduct herself as a nun, and only she would be aware of her true identity. Deloris has to follow the 3 vows of nuns namely poverty, obedience and chastity.
Deloris initially has difficulty dealing with the rigid and simple convent life, and butts heads with Reverend Mother, but she befriends the other nuns including the forever jolly Sister Mary Patrick (Kathy Najimy), quiet and meek Sister Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), and the elderly deadpan Sister Mary Lazarus (Mary Wickes).
One night, after a poorly attended Sunday Mass, with a lackluster performance from the convent choir led by Mary Lazarus, Deloris decides she needs a break, and she sneaks out to a bar, followed by Mary Patrick and Mary Robert.
They are caught by the Reverend Mother, and Mary Clarence is punished by being put into the choir, which she learns is dreadful due to a lack of coordination. She takes charge of the choir members and rearranges them to make them better singers. At the Sunday Mass, the choir sings perfectly before going into a gospel and rock and roll-infused performance of "Hail Holy Queen."
The Reverend Mother is infuriated, but Monsignor O'Hara is thrilled as the music brought people in off the streets. The choir cleans up the neighborhood and wows churchgoers with their music, with Souther eventually attending a performance of the Choir. Their singing and efforts to revitalize the neighborhood attract media attention, and the parish thrives. Souther chastises Deloris for nearly being exposed on national television as Vince has placed a bounty on her head. She assures him she will try to keep a lower profile, and Souther attends a Mass.
The nun's choir continues to amaze parishioners and visitors, especially with a rendition of "My Guy" - rewritten and performed as "My God".
Eventually, O'Hara announces to the choir that Pope John Paul II is to visit the church to see the choir himself. Deloris tells Reverend Mother that Vince's upcoming trial means she will soon leave. The Mother reveals she has resigned as abbess, believing she is no longer useful to the convent as her authority was undermined. Deloris tries to convince her to stay and keep the parish thriving as it is, but the Mother retorts that she believes herself too old-fashioned and incapable of doing so.
Detective Tate (Guy Boyd), a police officer on Vince's payroll, finds out where Deloris is and contacts Vince, who sends Joey and Willy out to grab her. Souther realizes Tate's betrayal, has him arrested, and flies to San Francisco to warn Mary Clarence, but she is kidnapped by Vince's men. Vince's men kidnap Deloris and Mary Robert, but Deloris helps Mary Robert to escape. When Mary Robert returns to the convent, Reverend Mother reveals to the nuns that Sister Mary Clarence is Deloris Van Cartier and explains why she had been hiding in their convent. They decide to rescue Deloris, requesting a helicopter pilot to fly them to Reno.
Vince orders his men to kill Deloris, but they cannot bring themselves to shoot her while she is dressed in a nun's habit. Mary Clarence escapes Vince and his men, leading to a chase around the casino until the nuns find her and try to sneak out. Vince, Joey and Willy confront the nuns but Souther bursts in, shoots Vince in the arm, and has the men arrested.
Thanking Deloris for her actions, Reverend Mother decides to remain as abbess of the convent. Returning to San Francisco, the choir, led by Deloris, sing "I Will Follow Him" to a packed audience in a refurbished Saint Katherine's, receiving a standing ovation from all, including Reverend Mother, the Pope, Monsignor O'Hara, and Lt. Souther.
Deloris continues to guide and coach the choir as a touring musical group. The story of Deloris' secret life as a nun was sold to the media and has become a sensation.
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