The Preacher's Wife

About The Preacher's Wife

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.

The Preacher's Wife (1996) is a comedy fantasy film directed by Penny Marshall. Released in December 1996, it runs 123 minutes.

The film is filed under angel, crisis of faith, reverend, and church choir.

Denzel Washington stars as Dudley, Whitney Houston as Julia Biggs, Courtney B. Vance as Reverend Henry Biggs, and Gregory Hines as Joe Hamilton. The screenplay is by Allan Scott and Nat Mauldin. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

The Holiday, It's a Wonderful Life, and You've Got Mail make useful companions to The Preacher's Wife, all filed under christmas. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 268 votes and it carries a PG rating.