The Preacher's Wife: Critic Reviews

100%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 48 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

84

Full Review » 15 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

Full Review » 9 years ago
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

75

As warm and cheery as a mug of hot cocoa on a frosty morn.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Esther Iverem Washington Post (Top Critic)

There are many good reasons for going to see The Preacher's Wife.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A welcome boost for audiences seeking images of black characters without criminal tendencies.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

This movie could have done more, but what it does, it makes you feel good about.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Penny Marshall's remake of The Bishop's Wife is very uneven -- sometimes sweet or soulful, often stiff.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Leonard Klady Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

For a movie that might have offered a new twist of the mistletoe, The Preacher's Wife delivers the Scrooge-like acceptable market minimum.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

If not for the pervasive spirit of the season, something like this could easily send me into sugar shock. It's a little too nice and happy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

The Preacher's Wife is one Christmas picture that actually is in the spirit of the season. It's warm, sentimental, amusing yet serious, bringing fantasy to bear upon the painfully real.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Heather Boerner Common Sense Media

80

Denzel's Christmas angel meets Whitney's voice.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Rob Nelson Boston Phoenix

Houston's inevitable chart-toppers aside, the film mainly sells the values of cooperation and good-samaritanism.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
John Wirt Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

20

Definitely not Denzel Washington's finest hour.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

20

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals

0

Full Review » 8 years ago
Tony Toscano Talking Pictures (U.S.)

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com

60

Generally pleasant and unobjectionable, if not rather bland.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly

50

Full Review » 9 years ago
Forrest Hartman Reno Gazette-Journal

60

Lukewarm update of the superior "Bishop's Wife."
Full Review » 9 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

40

Full Review » 9 years ago