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  • Actors: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer
  • Directors: George Tillman Jr.
  • Writers: George Tillman Jr.
  • Producers: Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, Llewellyn Wells, Michael McQuarn, Robert Teitel, Tracey E. Edmonds
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00019HOOK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,168 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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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 stabilising force of her sumptuous Sunday dinners. However, when dissent brews between the competitive sisters Maxine and Teri, grandson (and narrator) Ahmad tries to reunite the family. This moving film, written and directed wonderfully by George Tillman Jr., features excellent performances from Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Irma P. Hall and the rest of the talented cast.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Feel Good, 20 Jul 2007
By D. Laidlaw "nrg jockey" (edinburgh) - See all my reviews
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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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars good, 26 Mar 2009
By M. HOLDER "chele Holder" (West Midlands) - See all my reviews
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My mum had the video to this ages ago. So when dvd came out i had to get it. very good quality
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thi$ moVie !S reaL, 24 Aug 2005
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. This movie is one of my favourite black movies along with, The best man, The wood, Love &basketball, Boyz n the hood, Juice, Friday, Poetic Justice, Higher Learnin'....eTc (u geT the po!nT, i'M addicT'd).
As weLL as being completely reaL, the movie has its funny parts although i dont think its meant to be...
If youR lookin for a movie to brighten up Your dvd collection this is one to get.....I M@Y 13 buT i aiNt dumB!!
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