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Soul Man

  PG-13 HD

Steve Miner

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Plot Summary

Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) has been accepted to Harvard Law School, but his dreams are dashed when his parents withdraw financial support. In desperation, Mark chemically darkens his skin and wins a full scholarship intended for black students. What results is a series of comic misadventures including romantic entanglements that explode stereotypes. Suddenly, in a bout with his conscience, he learns that his clever trick denied a far more deserving student a scholarship. On his day of reckoning, Mark makes restitution and leaves everyone in the school a little changed by the experience. James Earl Jones, Rae Dawn Chong, Leslie Nielsen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this outrageous comedy.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

TOMATOMETER

14%
  • Reviews Counted: 22
  • Fresh: 3
  • Rotten: 19
  • Average Rating: 3.0/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Rotten: This social farce is excellently written, fast paced and intelligently directed. – Variety Staff, Variety, Jul 7, 2010

Rotten: The pity is, it isn't even outrageous. – Paul Attanasio, Washington Post, Aug 4, 2009

Rotten: Of course, simply everyone is completely bamboozled by our hero's disguise, even though he now looks like a Ken doll with liver disease. – Rita Kempley, Washington Post, Aug 4, 2009

Rotten: This is a genuinely interesting idea, filled with dramatic possibilities, but the movie approaches it on the level of a dim-witted sit-com. – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 7, 2010

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Customer Reviews

My favorite worse movie.

I remember this movie from my childhood. The best line from the horrible movie goes, "Mom, Dad...I'm black."

This movie is the best!!

This movie is a great movie!! It makes me laugh even though I have seen it 10000 times, its one of the best movies I know! WATCH IT! U will love it

Some critics think they have a sense of humor...

but they really don't. They ARE critics after all!

This is a comedy with a twist.

If you are looking for something goofy, funny, that is outrageous on many levels, yet you could see someone trying this, this movie is for you.

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