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Soul Food (1997) 6.9
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Metascore: 68/100
Reviews: 30 user | 34 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart. Director:George Tillman Jr.Writer:George Tillman Jr. |
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Cast
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| Vanessa Williams | ... |
Teri
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| Vivica A. Fox | ... |
Maxine
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| Nia Long | ... |
Bird
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| Michael Beach | ... |
Miles
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| Mekhi Phifer | ... |
Lem
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Brandon Hammond | ... |
Ahmad
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| Jeffrey D. Sams | ... |
Kenny
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| Gina Ravera | ... |
Faith
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| Mel Jackson | ... |
Simuel
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Morgan Méchelle Smith | ... |
Kelly
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John M. Watson Sr. | ... |
Uncle Pete
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M.T. Alexander | ... |
Jada
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| Lawrence Petty | ... |
Harome
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Matriarch Mama Joe has held her family together for 40 years around a Sunday dinner of soul food. When diabetes hospitalizes her, the dinners stop and tensions among her three daughters start to break the family apart. Two of the sisters feud continuously: Teri is jealous of Maxine's marriage and irritated that everyone assumes her corporate salary is open to the rest of the family's uses. Maxine resents Teri's bossiness and insensitivity to family tradition. Bird, the youngest, newly married to an ex-con, accepts a favor from an old lover that leads to her husband's arrest. Mama Joe's grandson Ahmad cooks up a scheme to bring the family together, back to the table. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A mama főztje See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$11,197,897 (USA) (26 September 1997)Gross:
£125,459 (UK) (19 June 1998)Company Credits
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Teri: Oh, you've changed? Don't you try and start any shit this time. You hear me?
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Written by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Produced by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds (as Babyface) for ECAF Productions, Inc. and Daryl Simmons for Silent Partner Productions Inc.
Performed by Dru Hill
Dru Hill appears courtesy of University Music Entertainment/Island Records
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'Vanessa L. Williams', Vivica A. Fox, and Nia Long all previously starred in _"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990)_ as three very different love interests of Will Smith's character. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the scene for the Sunday dinner that Ahmad arranged, there is a pitcher of grape or purple Kool-Aid. When the meal starts, the glasses are filled with a red drink. See more »Quotes
Faith: [after Teri questions her motives for returning] I've changed.Teri: Oh, you've changed? Don't you try and start any shit this time. You hear me?
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We're Not Makin' Love No MoreWritten by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Produced by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds (as Babyface) for ECAF Productions, Inc. and Daryl Simmons for Silent Partner Productions Inc.
Performed by Dru Hill
Dru Hill appears courtesy of University Music Entertainment/Island Records
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The actors do a great job. It basically lays problems right out on the table which instead of ignoring problems that a lot of families are used to doing, this movie casts these things out to give us a sense that problems should be worked out. It follows the theme of how one should see that "family is a commitment to one another and not an obligation" very well.