Soul Food is a gem of a film that warms the heart and does feed the soul.
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Soul Food (1997)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:33
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
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
Reviews for Soul Food
Top CriticAs warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully-fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting.
01/05/09
An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques.
03/17/08
Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup.
03/17/08
Top CriticSoul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe.
03/17/08
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.
03/17/08
A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you.
03/17/08
Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original.
03/17/08
Top CriticTillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone.
03/17/08
This story is right out of America's collective unconscious.
07/11/07
A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film.
02/09/06
Top CriticNo review available.
09/27/05
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07/04/05
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05/06/05
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman.
06/25/04
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03/24/04
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03/12/04
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01/11/04
Lively family comedy-drama, nicely served up
12/30/03
Heartwarming but stilted domestic family drama
09/23/03
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