Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 01/22/2002
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an extended African-American family recalled through the eyes of young narrator Ahmad (
Brandon Hammond). Ahmad's world revolves around his grandmother, Big Mama Joseph (
Irma P. Hall) and her three daughters: workaholic attorney Teri (
Vanessa Williams), newlywed salon owner Bird (
Nia Long), and Ahmad's housewife mom, Maxine (
Vivica A. Fox). Each sister is in turmoil. Teri has lost patience for her husband Miles (
Michael Beach), who wants to quit the law and take up music. Bird doesn't realize that her husband Lem (
Mekhi Phifer) is about to be humiliated by her ex-boyfriend (
Mel Jackson). And while Maxine's relationship with her husband Kenny (
Jeffrey D. Sams) is going well, her relationship with her jealous sister Teri needs fixing. These conflicts boil over at Big Mama's traditional Sunday dinners, where the matriarch plays peacemaker. The ritual faces extinction, however, when Big Mama suffers a stroke -- but Ahmad is waiting in the wings to take her place.
Soul Food launched the directing career of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native
George Tillman, Jr., who based the script on his own family experiences. In the summer of 2000,
Soul Food was spun off into a cable TV series.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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A Recipe for Family Unity.
Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, and Nia Long star in this '90s drama of family values as three sisters, whose relationships with their own families are being put to the test when the family matriarch suffers a stroke and it's up to her grandson to help keep the family together. With Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Gina Ravera, Irma P. Hall, Carl Wright, Mel Jackson, Morgan Mechelle Smith, and John M. Watson, Sr.
