Soul Food (1997)
Soul Food is based on African-American family, who is bounded by family traditions for a very long time, but they are gradually disappearing as they are facing new difficulties.
3 June 1935, Beaumont, Texas, USA
2 September 1969, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
17 September 1967, Bronx, New York, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
6 February 1984, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
2 February 1932, Orlando, Florida, USA
1 September 1966, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
5 November 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 April 1958, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
29 May 1972, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
12 October 1955, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 April 1971, Evanston, Illinois, USA
18 March 1963, Tarrytown, New York, USA
30 October 1970, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 May 1966, San Francisco, California, USA
10 June 1971, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
March 17, 2008
A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you.
March 17, 2008
Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe.
February 09, 2006
A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film.
July 11, 2007
This story is right out of America's collective unconscious.
January 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.
March 17, 2008
An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques.
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
Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup.
December 30, 2003
Lively family comedy-drama, nicely served up
March 17, 2008
Tillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone.
June 25, 2004
A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman.
March 17, 2008
Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original.
