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.
The Preacher's Wife has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Preacher's Wife was released in 1996 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 248 reviews, giving The Preacher's Wife (1996) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Preacher's Wife than critics were.
With a score of 55%, The Preacher's Wife is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Michael, Last Man Standing and Multiplicity.
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