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Release Date:
13 December 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
They needed help. What they got was a miracle.Plot:
Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance) finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia (Whitney Houston) is flagging... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Pretty Stupid Re-Make moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Denzel Washington | ... | Dudley |
 | Whitney Houston | ... | Julia Biggs |
 | Courtney B. Vance | ... | Reverend Henry Biggs |
 | Gregory Hines | ... | Joe Hamilton |
 | Jenifer Lewis | ... | Margueritte Coleman |
 | Loretta Devine | ... | Beverly |
 | Justin Pierre Edmund | ... | Jeremiah Biggs |
 | Lionel Richie | ... | Britsloe |
| Paul Bates | ... | Saul Jeffreys |
| Lex Monson | ... | Osbert |
| Darvel Davis Jr. | ... | Hakim |
| William James Stiggers Jr. | ... | Billy Eldridge |
| Marcella Lowery | ... | Anna Eldridge |
| Cissy Houston | ... | Mrs. Havergal |
| Aaron A. McConnaughey | ... | Teen |
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124 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
South Korea:12 | Iceland:L | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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I just couldn't get into this film, a re-make of sorts of "The Bishop's Wife." The first hour was either annoying or just plain boring, and by then I didn't care what happened in the rest of the movie. Not much happened throughout this film, anyway.
The angel in here, "Dudley" (Denzel Washington) said things no angel would say, such as "If you're up there, Lord, then....."
"If???" He's an angel and he doesn't know if there is a God? Puh-leeze. What an insult to anyone's intelligence and beliefs. Only the secular film world have a dialog like this, where "Secular Humanism," not Christianity, is worshiped, as it is in this film.
Whitney Houston looked good in here, the best I've ever seen her. Washington went around with a sappy look on his face through most of the film. I wonder if he was just embarrassed starring in a dumb movie like this.