Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 8
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
liked it
Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 19,924
This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an extended African-American family recalled through the eyes of young narrator Ahmad (Brandon Hammond). Ahmad's world revolves around his grandmother, Big Mama Joseph (Irma P. Hall) and her three daughters: workaholic attorney Teri (Vanessa Williams), newlywed salon owner Bird (Nia Long), and Ahmad's housewife mom, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox). Each sister is in turmoil. Teri has lost patience for her husband Miles (Michael Beach), who wants to
Sep 26, 1997 Wide
Feb 25, 1998
20th Century Fox
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (8) | DVD (3)
An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques.
Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe.
The steaming platters of fried catfish, macaroni and cheese, sweet corn bread, and black-eyed peas that appear early and often in writer-director George Tillman Jr.'s sentimental family drama should be listed in the credits as costars.
Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original.
Tillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone.
A warm, funny, touching African American family drama, the kind of bittersweet melodrama that critics tend to relegate as crowd-pleasing corn. We could use more when it's this well done.
As warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully-fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting.
Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup.
A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you.
This story is right out of America's collective unconscious.
A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film.
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman.
Lively family comedy-drama, nicely served up
Heartwarming but stilted domestic family drama
It's all about family get together, no matter what...I don't care who you are...you have got to enjoy this one. Get this....it is maximum drama.
July 23, 2008Super Reviewer
Awesome movie. For the food lovers. ;) This is a touching movie on family issues. One of my favorites.
November 2, 2008Super Reviewer
| 35% | The Hangover Part II |
| 25% | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Par... |
| 81% | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
| 44% | Cowboys & Aliens |
| 83% | Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| 25% | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Par... |
| 88% | Lady and the Tramp |
| 69% | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas |
| 21% | Fireflies in the Garden |
| 45% | The Rebound |
What are his 10 best movies ever?
See the all-new action-packed trailer!
Five new Marvelous pictures
Unconventional Superheroes