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13/12/1996 Family, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance 2h 3m
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They needed help. What they got was a miracle.

Overview

Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

  1. Penny Marshall

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Denzel Washington

    Dudley

  2. Whitney Houston

    Julia Biggs

  3. Courtney B. Vance

    Reverend Henry Biggs

  4. Gregory Hines

    Joe Hamilton

  5. Jenifer Lewis

    Margueritte Coleman

  6. Loretta Devine

    Beverly

  7. Paul Bates

    Saul Jeffreys

  8. Justin Pierre Edmund

    Jeremiah Biggs

  9. Lionel Richie

    Britsloe

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-02
No, no, no, no, no! What in the name of all that's holy convinced anyone that a remake of the delightfully charming "Bishop's Wife" (1947) ought to happen? Instead of that charmingly engaging story of a pre-occupied Bishop losing sight of what really mattered, we get this noisy and aggressive vehicle for Whitney Houston to prove she can shout her songs at us. She's married to the affable minister (Courtney B. Vance) whose church is facing an existential crisis. It's a lone beacon of hope in a deprived area of the city but it's also a prime site for redevelopment, and "Joe" (Gregory Hines) is d...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$48,100,000.00

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