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02/27/09
Soul Men (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 95
Fresh: 43
Rotten:52
Average Rating: 5/10
Consensus: Soul Men features lively performances from Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson and some hilarious moments, but ultimately suffers from an unoriginal script.
Theatrical Release:Nov 7, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $11,966,888
Synopsis: Malcolm Lee, director of upbeat family fare such as WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS and ROLL BOUNCE, takes a slightly raunchier tack for his uproarious buddy comedy, SOUL MEN. The late Bernie Mac gives... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
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Reviews for Soul Men
Soul Men may get by on novelty, but what novelty!
02/04/09
Be prepared to laugh out loud and move to the music as Soul Men has plenty of both to offer.
01/04/09
Are there two other actors who are able to utter the word 'motherf**ker' with such forceful comic authority? I think not.
12/28/08
The filmmakers chose to go too often to the well, I mean the toilet, for inspiration.
12/10/08
'Soul Men' is a mediocre film at best, buoyed by the abrasive chemistry of Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson.
11/21/08
Awkwardly sentimental but nevertheless sharply spry in song and sass, Lee's acid-tongued Soul Men certainly have something to sing about.
11/21/08
Soul Men spins an erratic tune.
11/17/08
Mostly, the film works, due largely to the bickering, grumpy-old-men dynamic between the two leads.
11/14/08
Bernie Mac can say MF too.
11/14/08
Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac look positively pained when they squeeze into Pip-like suits and begin to sing.
11/14/08
Nothing great comedy or drama happens in Soul Men. The pleasure comes in seeing Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac do their stuff.
11/14/08
...a bittersweet pleasure thanks to the two stars.
11/14/08
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11/14/08
Soul Men could have been so much more.
11/13/08
Top CriticThis may not be a great movie, but I still couldn't help falling in love with it.
11/12/08
Considering the canvas the story provides, and the richness of the tradition it taps into, the amount and quality of the music is pretty disappointing.
11/10/08
Top CriticThis one's only fair, but it has its low-down wiles and its moments.
11/10/08
Top CriticIt is not a perfect film but it is a nice, solid reminder of how great Bernie Mac was.
11/10/08
It really is bittersweet to watch Mac in one of his final performances. He makes the most of pretty average material here.
11/10/08
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February 13, 2009:
A tender, tangy and wild tale in a kooky convergence of music, memory and male bonding blues. And a movie truly about lasting impressions, where you're very likely to laugh till you cry, when not the other way around. 
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February 13, 2009:
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