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.
Directed by Penny Marshall
angel
church choir
gospel
reverend
crisis of faith
woman director
christmas
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
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Cast
Denzel Washington
Dudley
Whitney Houston
Julia Biggs
Courtney B. Vance
Reverend Henry Biggs
Gregory Hines
Joe Hamilton
Jenifer Lewis
Margueritte Coleman
Loretta Devine
Beverly
Paul Bates
Saul Jeffreys
Justin Pierre Edmund
Jeremiah Biggs
Lionel Richie
Britsloe
Victor Williams
Robbie
Shari Headley
Arlene Chattan
Marcella Lowery
Anna Eldridge
Crew
Penny Marshall
Director
Allan Scott
Screenplay
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer
Robert Greenhut
Executive Producer
Robert E. Sherwood
Original Film Writer
John Bard Manulis
Executive In Charge Of Production
Diane Warren
Songs
Popular Reviews
47 reviews
Treyward
5.0★ · 05/20/26
Jeremiah Biggs: Just because you can't see the air doesn't keep you from breathing. And just because you can't see God doesn't keep you from believing.
A harmless movie, but I found it very difficult to get myself to care about what was happening.
Jeremiah Biggs: Just because you can't see the air doesn't keep you from breathing. And just because you can't see God doesn't keep you from believing.
A harmless movie, but I found it very difficult to get myself to care about what was happening.
Reggie
7.0★ · 01/20/26
“That’s what we call faith”
“That’s what we call faith”
sissi
9.0★ · 12/25/25
dare i say this is one of the greatest christmas films of all time.
dare i say this is one of the greatest christmas films of all time.
Clay Pasco
6.0★ · 12/24/25
This movie paints the husband as the bad guy and it makes me sick.
This movie paints the husband as the bad guy and it makes me sick.
