Soul Food (1997)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:33
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: SOUL FOOD is a warmly atmospheric ensemble drama set around the abundant table of Chicago family matriarch Mother Joe, whose extended brood orbits around the stabilizing force of her sumptuous... [More]
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Irma P. Hall
Director: George Tillman
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Reviews for Soul Food
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As warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully-fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting. Full Review |
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An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques. Full Review |
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Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup. Full Review |
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Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you. Full Review |
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Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original. Full Review |
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Tillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone. Full Review |
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This story is right out of America's collective unconscious. Full Review |
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A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Lively family comedy-drama, nicely served up
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3/5 |
Heartwarming but stilted domestic family drama
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