Merrily We Roll Along vs Sister Act
Merrily We Roll Along has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.8/10 for Sister Act). Sister Act is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 25m. Sister Act is the older of the two (1992 against 2025). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Merrily We Roll Along | Sister Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1992 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Music | Comedy, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Maria Friedman | Emile Ardolino |
| Main cast | Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, Reg Rogers, Krystal Joy Brown, Lindsay Mendez | Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen Albertini Dow, Harvey Keitel |
Synopsis
Merrily We Roll Along
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical…
Sister Act
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
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