Soul Food | 
| Director: George Tillman Jr.
Actors: Vanessa Williams (vii), Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 7201
Format: Color, Director's Cut, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2001207
UPC: 024543012078
EAN: 0024543012078
ASIN: B00066FAQW
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1997
Release Date: April 3, 2001
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 01/06/2009 Run time: 114 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com
Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production, and it's got a quality of warmth and charm that fits perfectly with its authentic drama about a large African-American family in Chicago. Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: He depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we've come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman's young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad's mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams, Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure... in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal. Tillman's touch can be overly nostalgic, melodramatic, and cloyingly sentimental, but never so much that the movie loses its firm grip on reality. As a universal portrait of family life, Soul Food ranks among the very best films of its kind--believable, funny, emotional, and always approaching its characters (well-played by a uniformly excellent cast) with a generous spirit of forgiveness and understanding. As satisfying as one of Big Mama's delicious dinners, Soul Food is the kind of movie that keeps you coming back for more. --Jeff Shannon
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 A Wonderful Movie About Family Life December 21, 2008
William B. Dwinnell IV (King of Prussia, PA)
This is a fantastic movie that shows one family's triumphs and losses. I found this movie quite engaging: it was at once funny, sad and meaningful. The writing is very genuine, and the cast does a superb job. It is so easy to care for these characters that after watching this movie, you will feel like you are one of the family.
African American Family Movie September 14, 2008
Amber (Georgia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie! The cast is phenomenal. The writing is exceptional. And the plot is very moving. The theme of the movie is all about the family staying together through thick and thin. This is one of my absolute favorites!
 Wanted to love this movie but... May 9, 2008
Reviewer (United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
...the best I can bring is applause for the casting and acting, which are both good to excellent. The script is a train wreck, racked by redundancies, cliches, and dialogue that doesn't ring true, like that of the older cast members talking "street" to the young Ahmad. Way too many loose ends are left dangling. Where realism should happen (the dialogue, or the contrived meeting in the print shop cafeteria), there's melodrama and/or predictability. Where a bit more "Hollywood" might have been in order (more resolution re: the marriage of the Vanessa Williams character, what happens to her husband's band, and making some of Ahmad's dialogue more audible) we're left wondering. I ended up with indigestion.
Insperational January 23, 2008
G. Davidson (St.Petersburg, FL USA)
This is a very heart warming story of family, and strenghth.
I can not watch this without tearing up, and laughing. I think it
portrays every family.
 Good family fun January 10, 2008
C. Wyche (Raleigh, NC)
Classic movie showing family ups and downs. A few sceens may limit young viewers (under 13).
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