Ghost(1990) may have won Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar, but it was this comedy (directed by Emile Ardolino of Dirty Dancing fame) that turned her into a huge Hollywood star.
Goldberg plays Reno lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who accepts a police offer of protection that entails hiding out in a San Francisco convent after she witnesses gangster boyfriend Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel) killing a man.
That’s about it for plot in this comedy from the Disney stable, and the remainder of the movie follows our heroine as she tries to bring the nuns and Maggie Smith’s strict Mother Superior into the 20th century.
Relying on some great songs and a superb cast (including Kathy Najimy as sunny Sister Mary Patrick), this successfully gets past the slight story to become a hugely enjoyable movie.
Deloris Van Cartier
Whoopi Goldberg Mother Superior
Maggie Smith Sister Mary Patrick
Kathy Najimy Sister Mary Robert
Wendy Makkena Sister Mary Lazarus
Mary Wickes Vince LaRocca
Harvey Keitel Eddie Souther
Bill Nunn Joey
Robert Miranda Willy
Richard Portnow Sister Alma
Rose Parenti Bishop O’Hara
Joseph Maher Clarkson
Jim Beaver
Director
Emile Ardolino
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