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OK, so I waited for 4 years to see this movie. Silly me. This movie was very good. Not great, but very good. The acting really carried what was a mediocre script. The movie did peak my interest in how this family addressed issues openly among themselves. They did not try to sweep things under the rugs. Rather, they used "Sunday dinner" as an opportunity to address tough family issues such an infidelity, gambling addition and encarceration.

The film was also successful at capturing many aspects of a typical, 90's African-American family. Being half African-American, I can see traces of my very own family in this film and thought that the script was very true, open and honest.

When I first saw this film it reminded me so much of my family I actually got nervous. The story depicted in this film is so true especially in many Black families, especially mine. The story is pretty much about how a family breaks up after the matriarch becomes ill and eventually dies causing rifts to develop due to the fact that the one person who keeps the family grounded is no longer around to mediate disputes and to show love and guidance to the younger generation. This is definitely a wonderful film that should be viewed by every family no matter what race they are.

Family is going every Sunday evening to grandmother Irma P. Hall's home for supper of corn bread, chicken, catfish, and all the other fixings. But when the diabetes takes her, is there anything that can hold them together? Life is hard, and sisters Vanessa Williams, Viveca Fox, and Nia Long can fight like cats and dogs, and the men are prickly and proud in this movie by George Tillman Jr. As life goes on and the cares of world and ambition pull them apart, Mekhi Phifer hatches a plan to keep the family together.

Although the details are often surprising and sometimes threatening, it's a recognition that people express their love in in uncomfortable ways. For people who grew up poor, there's no better way to show love than by offering and receiving good food.

SOUL FOOD is an entertaining and, at times moving film that chronicles the lives of a tight-knit African American family. Big Mama (Irma P. Hall) is the widowed patriarch and referee who always knows exactly what to say to her children in any situation. Vanessa Williams is Terri, the oldest daughter, a no-nonsense attorney who spends a lot of time bailing family members out of tight spots and never lets them forget it. Terri's husband Miles (Michael Beach) is also an attorney who really wants to be a musician and is fighting an attraction to Terri's flaky cousin Faith (Gina Ravera). Viveca A. Fox is Maxine, the middle daughter who is married to Kenny (Jeffrey D. Sams), who we learn she stole from Terri when they were teenagers and has a son Ahmad (Brandon Hammond)who assists Big Mama in her job as family referee. The story opens at the wedding of youngest daughter Bird (Nia Long)whose new husband (Mikhi Phifer)is having trouble securing employment because of his stint in prison. The family manages to handle their differences until Big Mama is incapacitated by illness and can no longer be peacekeeper, but young Ahmad, seeing his family crumble, steps up to take up the slack. This entertaining comedy-drama has a surprisingly smart screenplay and first-rate performances, with young Hammond a standout. Lovely family drama that affectionately embraces the experience of a loving African American family. And the food looks delicious!

This movie is fantastic! The acting is first-rate (especially Vivica A. Fox and Brandon Hammond). The storyline is touching, funny, and poignant. This film wisely avoids being a "chick flick" and tells about a regular middle-class African-American family, something we don't see in movies that often.

A bit dramatic for my liking and also a very cheesy film. The acting is subpar but it's good to see all the familiar black actors and actresses in their younger years. At the end of the day it feels more like a soap opera. The reason I gave it a 7 star rating is because of the message of the film. The importance of communion and family. We all know you can't choose family but some choose to work through it while others avoid them. There's no right answer here but I strongly believe you grow more from learning to coexist with those you disagree with or even hate. Yes, the final scene is somewhat unbelievable but it offers hope and a happy ending which is not a bad thing. Lol Cheers!

I didn't really want to see Soul Food that much but I thought I might as well give it a go. I was fully impressed. I was glued to my seat the whole way through. The acting is superb, the storyline is both funny and touching. It is an unmissable film telling the story of an Afro-American family going through hard times.

Trust me, Soul Food is a good film which left me shocked at how touching and how nice the film was.

My rating : 8/10.

Yet another film which decides that messages from kids telling the adults (or from the older generation) how to live their lives. The potential was here for an African-American EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, but this is wasted by some structure problems (some of the characters get short shrift) and sermons which lecture us instead of inspire us - at least, that was my reaction. There are some good individual scenes, and the food at least looks good, but it doesn't add up. And is Michael Beach going to be forever typecast as a cheating husband?

I totally enjoyed this movie. It had me full of emotion and rubbing my belly all at the same time. It's hard to understand why all families cannot sit down and enjoy times like the Joseph family had. Lem getting arrested, Teri & Max at each others throats, Mama Joe's illness, and Faith and Myles' bad deed really tested that love. This was a film that brought to light about hard times and rising above them. One person can make a difference. Ahmad proved that by getting the whole family back for "sunday dinner." It is always a silver lining to a negative situation. That food would definitely bring me back! We need more of these times in today's world. Forget materials things, love is bigger.

After reading and hearing the buzz about this movie, I really wanted and expected to like it. Alas, it stunk. Character development was really superficial . . . the whole effect was as if the Republican National Committee had decided to make a film glorifying the black family. I couldn't remember anything about it five minutes after seeing it. A perfect waste of good actors (like Vanessa Williams).

I love this movie.

I just saw it for the first time and could kick myself for waiting so

long. Brandon Hammond is a hoot and Viveca A. Fox was wonderful. It is

so nice to see a movie centered around an African-American family that

wasn't about hoods or hip-hop. Every family, black or white or

whatever, can identify with the kinds of problems this family had.

There is a poignant, endearing quality to this movie that just appealed

to me and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a "feel-good" fix

without the sweet-as-saccharine quality so many movies have.

How in the heck do you portray Vanessa Williams, Vivica A Fox and Nia Long so unattractively? I was thinking it was impossible for one family to hit the genetic lottery with this much beauty, but these ladies' styling choices of hair, and makeup is so unflattering, they make ME look good! Is it possible the only woman in the 90's to look attractive are En Vogue and The Supermodels? For real, the 90's look were not kind to these gals, they look aged beyond their years and frumpty as dumpdty! The movie is mediocre and cliche - and i expect a whole lot more from plots. I could predict what was going to happen every step of the way, but thats ok by me. Just fix your hair better!

It's good. No doubt.

It just shows how the so-called "family" family is incapable of being smart and healthy.

They make bad choices, eat fatty foods and think arguing is a solution.

This movie is like a cattle farm. Farmers treat you so good and take care of you. Then send you to the slaughterhouse. This is exactly what this movie is. Its a feel good movie while it shows the destruction of the "family" family.

They are portrayed as incompetent and unable to take care of themselves well after the chef dies. They lack skills to problem-solve and their only solution is to eat.

Its a good movie that feeds toxic to the viewers.

Verdict: Exercise, make good choices and eat your greens. Boondocks was right...

This film revolves around three adult sisters named "Teri" (Vanessa Williams), "Maxine" (Vivica A. Fox), and "Bird" (Nia Long), who gather every Sunday for dinner with their widowed mother, affectionately called "Mother Joe" (Irma P. Hall). Also at the dinner are their husbands-"Miles" (Michael Beach), "Kenny" (Jeffrey D. Sams), and "Lem" (Mekhi Phifer)-who sometimes seem to get along better with one another than their wives do with each other. This is especially true for Teri and Maxine, who often argue about everything, sometimes quite fiercely. Luckily, Mother Joe is always there to mediate, at least for that week. But things really start to fall apart when Mother Joe falls ill, and the family's unity begins to unravel. Now, instead of revealing more, I will just say that, although billed as a comedy, there wasn't much humor in this film, as it seemed to focus more on serious family dynamics instead, with the friction between Teri and Maxine taking center stage. To that point, I thought that both Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox performed their roles quite well, as did Mekhi Phifer to a more limited extent. Admittedly, I would have preferred a slightly different ending, but I still enjoyed this movie for the most part, and I have rated it accordingly.

Soul Food is one of the best family films ever made. The cast led by Vanessa Williams is superb. Vicva A. Fox and Nia Long are also great as the younger sisters. Micheal Beachmen and Mehki Pffeir are also great. But the real standout is Brandon Hammons who plays Ahmad. He shows great acting talent in his first big role. 10/10.

Mama Joe is the matriarch of her family and holding it together for the last forty years with Sunday dinners of soul food. She navigates all the drama and connects with everyone. After her surgery sends her into a coma, the family struggles as it falls apart.

I really like this family until they start self-destructing. It is so frustrating to see them fall into every trap and step directly onto every pitfall. It's a lot of drama and melodrama. It's almost too much. I want to simply pull it back a little. Instead of actual cheating, they could kiss and push away. Instead of pulling a gun, he could just throw a punch. I want the drama to simmer down and let the characters breathe. It's about the sisters and their relationships. I still like the movie.

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.

It's hard to watch this kooky, cliche old stuff. Definitely not a classic anything by any means. It's good to see some of the good actors when they were young BUT they sure didn't get any better in their trade. Eh.

this is the most feel good movie evermade and the best family movie evermade. brandon hammond gives a great performance as the favorite grandson and mekhi phiefer does good as the trying to go straight new man in the family overall this movie is one of the greatest movies evermade and the most fun to watch everybody can relate to it especially me. A++++++