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Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production and it has 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 and 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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This must rate as the feel good movie in a long time.Its my favoutite when I need a real lift,and many people I know rushed out to buy it after I told them about it-the AMAZON synopsis gives you all the information ,all I'll say is BUY BUY BUY this movie its one of the very best!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I found this film very moving and I would say this product is worth purchasing.
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Soul Food
Not a bad film but of course it is very old so not as reviting as some of the up to date films but still we get the storyline content.
Published 15 months ago by Vee
food to your soul
okay, the films old, but i LOVE IT.
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Published on 19 Aug 2007 by sweet2def
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First of all to the last reviewer, the movies starrs: vanessa l. williams, nia long and vivica a fox who are superb black atresses who've starred in some of the best black movies. Read more
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If you like nia long, vicca fox and angela barret. Then this movie for you. The story is told through the eyes of a grandchild, who tries to bring the whole family together after a... Read more
Published on 26 July 2005 by "sassymeg"
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