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Soul Food [1998]
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Tillman's touch can be overly nostalgic, melodramatic and cloyingly sentimental, but never so much that the movie loses its firm grip on reality. As a universal portrait of family life, Soul Food ranks among the very best films of its kind--believable, funny, emotional and always approaching its characters (well-played by a uniformly excellent cast) with a generous spirit of forgiveness and understanding. As satisfying as one of Big Mama's delicious dinners, Soul Food is the kind of movie that keeps you coming back for more. --Jeff Shannon
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production and it has got a quality of warmth and charm that fits perfectly with its authentic drama about a large African-American family in Chicago. Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: he depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we've come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman's young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad's mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams and Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure ... in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal.
food to your soul
Review date: 2007-08-19 Rating: 10 out of 10
okay, the films old, but i LOVE IT.
bIG FILM TALENT, THE cream of the black entertainment fraternity.
All roles are played to high standard and a killer soundtrack from boyz2men.
big up my mama too.
cop dis!!!!
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Reviews
Feel Good
Review date: 2007-07-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
This must rate as the feel good movie in a long time.Its my favoutite when I need a real lift,and many people I know rushed out to buy it after I told them about it-the AMAZON synopsis gives you all the information ,all I'll say is BUY BUY BUY this movie its one of the very best!
Thi$ moVie !S reaL
Review date: 2005-08-24 Rating: 10 out of 10
First of all to the last reviewer, the movies starrs: vanessa l. williams, nia long and vivica a fox who are superb black atresses who've starred in some of the best black movies. This movie is one of my favourite black movies along with, The best man, The wood, Love &basketball, Boyz n the hood, Juice, Friday, Poetic Justice, Higher Learnin'....eTc (u geT the po!nT, i'M addicT'd).
As weLL as being completely reaL, the movie has its funny parts although i dont think its meant to be...
If youR lookin for a movie to brighten up Your dvd collection this is one to get.....I M@Y 13 buT i aiNt dumB!!
This movie is JOKESSSSSSSSSSSSS
Review date: 2005-07-26 Rating: 8 out of 10
If you like nia long, vicca fox and angela barret. Then this movie for you. The story is told through the eyes of a grandchild, who tries to bring the whole family together after a tradgey. I am telling you, this is a movie you would laugh at and say i know what you mean.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Michael Beach
Vanessa Williams
Mekhi Phifer
Nia Long
Vivica A. Fox
Creators:
Vanessa Williams (Primary Contributor)
Vivica A. Fox (Primary Contributor)
Paul Elliott (Cinematographer)
George Tillman Jr. (Writer)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds (Producer)
Llewellyn Wells (Producer)
Michael McQuarn (Producer)
Robert Teitel (Producer)
Tracey E. Edmonds (Producer)
Director(s):
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036015905
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-03-01
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 110 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1997-09-26
Language: English (Original Language)