Humor, sentiment and melodrama strike a balance as he brings to life nine major characters and a host of others as well.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
George Tillman says Soul Food is based in part on his own family, and I believe him, because he seems to know the characters so well; by the film's end, so do we.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
This new menu movie has a soapy plot, appealing stars, family values, down-home atmosphere and a conviction that there's rarely a problem fried chicken can't cure.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Soul Food stays a cut above the average melodrama by keeping the characters grounded and the situations from becoming too ripe.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Nothing too fancy or ambitious. Instead, writer-director George Tillman Jr. serves up down-home fare that enriches the heart and leaves you satisfied if stuffed. [26Sep1997 Pg.06.D]Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
In the tradition of such food-as-love films as "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Big Night", kitchen work is idealized as a form of communion in this indulgently nostalgic story -- deep-fried with plot, script, and character cliches but honey glazed with goodwill...Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Lonnae O'Neal Parker
While Soul Food aims to be the kind of hearty, satisfying story that sticks to your ribs, it comes across more like an appetizer or a midnight raid on the fridge. Tasty, but easily forgotten.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
It could be a distillation of some unaired black soap opera, so predictable are the plot contrivances--adultery, pregnancy, illness, missing money--and so cartoonishly are the characters drawn.Read Full Review »
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