在这部天使保镖喜剧/剧情/家庭片中,亨利是小镇教会的牧师，他美丽的妻子朱丽叶（惠特尼.休斯顿饰）则是教会唱诗班的主唱，终日埋头忙于解决教会各种问题及传道的亨利在工作的重压下，开始怀疑自己的能力，而日渐淡漠的夫妻关系此时也出现了危机。亨利只得向上天祈祷寻求帮助，没想到上帝听到了他的呼唤，真的派一名天使杜德利（丹泽尔.华盛顿饰）下凡来帮他。不过，让上帝失算的是，杜德利和朱丽叶竟对彼此产生好感。上帝和人类的智慧，是否能圆满地将此事作个了结？
1996年岁末，惠特尼.休斯顿与与丹泽尔.华盛顿共同主演了电影《天使保镖》(The Preacher's Wife)，电影相当卖座，全美票房七千三百多万美金，为惠特尼.休斯顿获得了美国银幕形象奖(Image Award)杰出女主角大奖。
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, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley. However, Dudley's arrival seems to cause even more trouble...
