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Soul Food
This movie revolves around an African-American family, whose long lasting traditions are starting to diminish, as they get engulfed with more significant problems.
20 May 1966, San Francisco, California, USA
5 November 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 April 1971, Evanston, Illinois, USA
2 February 1932, Orlando, Florida, USA
29 December 1974, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
29 May 1972, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
12 October 1955, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 September 1969, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
1 September 1966, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
March 17, 2008
Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup.July 11, 2007
This story is right out of America's collective unconscious.March 17, 2008
Tillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone.December 30, 2003
Lively family comedy-drama, nicely served upJanuary 05, 2009
As warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully-fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting.June 25, 2004
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman.March 17, 2008
Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe.March 17, 2008
A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you.February 09, 2006
A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film.March 17, 2008
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.March 17, 2008
An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques.March 17, 2008
Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original.