Soul Food is an appetizing dish...an ethnic dramedy served with spicy attitude
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05/27/03
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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11/18/02
Despite its weaknesses, Soul Food offers enough pleasures to rate as a respectable freshman effort from Mr. Tillman.
10/15/02
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09/06/02
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07/27/02
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.
06/18/02
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03/24/02
Such ease of shorthand (the earth Mother Hubbard, the three sisters as mother, whore, and lawyer) detracts from the kind heart of Soul Food.
03/01/02
An African American drama about the importance of ritual in holding families together.
02/27/02
Tasty, but easily forgotten.
01/22/02
Tillman drew inspiration from his own Milwaukee family, his beloved grandmother in particular. Humor, sentiment and melodrama strike a balance as he brings to life nine major characters and a host of others as well.
02/14/01
Top CriticWarm and pleasant, if slightly simplistic.
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01/01/00
There's a fine line between good, solid drama and the sudsiness of a soap opera, and, although there are times when Soul Food crosses over, the movie remains predominantly on the right side.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis new menu movie has a soapy plot, appealing stars, family values, down-home atmosphere and a conviction that there's rarely a problem fried chicken can't cure. There sure are worse ways of looking at the world than that.
01/01/00
Top CriticMost of his dialogue sounds like it came straight out of a mediocre made-for-cable drama.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Soul Food is certainly digestible fare but somewhat lacking in nutritional value.
01/01/00
George Tillman says Soul Food is based in part on his own family, and I believe him, because he seems to know the characters so well; by the film's end, so do we.
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