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The Preacher's Wife

1996 · 123 min

A gentle, music-filled holiday comfort watch about a strained family finding its way back to each other, with a charming angel and gospel warmth.

Tagline
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.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • family
  • love
  • redemption
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism4
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
family, fantasy, drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Penny Marshall
Written by
Allan Scott, Nat Mauldin
Starring
Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine, Paul Bates, Justin Pierre Edmund
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Hausa, Spanish

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