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  1. Sep 26, 1997 · “Soul Food” tells the story of a big African-American family from Chicago with warm-hearted good cheer; in the way it cuts between stories of romance and trouble, it’s like “Waiting to Exhale,” but more down to earth and believable–and funnier.

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  3. When Ahmad Simmons' (Brandon Hammond) diabetic grandmother, Josephine "Big Mama" Joseph (Irma P. Hall), falls into a coma during an operation to amputate her leg, it throws the Joseph family into...

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  4. Appetizing, home-cooked Sunday dinners save a family in stress in writer & director George Tillman, Jr.'s autobiographical movie "Soul Food," an emotionally satisfying but occasionally saccharine tour-de-force family melodrama.

  5. soul food Rating: "Soul Food" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes raunchy dancing, one graphic sexual encounter and scattered profanity.

  6. Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy.

    • Brandon Hammond
    • George Tillman Jr.
  7. Sep 28, 1997 · “Soul Food” serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that’s tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original. Distinguished by some very funny individual scenes and strong ...

  8. A heartwarming but realistic exploration of complex emotions experienced by members of the family. Full Review | May 31, 2022. A feast for the eye and a tug at the heart -- that is...

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