One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Vanessa Williams | ... | Teri (as Vanessa L. Williams) | |
| Vivica A. Fox | ... | Maxine | |
| Nia Long | ... | Bird | |
| Michael Beach | ... | Miles | |
| Mekhi Phifer | ... | Lem | |
| Brandon Hammond | ... | Ahmad | |
| Jeffrey D. Sams | ... | Kenny | |
| Gina Ravera | ... | Faith | |
| Irma P. Hall | ... | Mother Joe | |
| Carl Wright | ... | Reverend Williams | |
| 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 |
| 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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loss of grandmother | sister | 1990s | food in title | family relationships |Taglines:
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26 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$7,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$11,197,897, 28 September 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$43,490,057, 23 January 1998Company Credits
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Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson Jr.) and Ronald White
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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
Mama Joe: One finger won't make an impact, but you ball all those fingers into a fist, and you can strike a mighty blow. Now, this family has got to be that fist.See more »
Alternate Versions
The first version of this movie that George Tillman Jr made was entitled Spice of Life. It was released on a local cable access channel in Milwaukee, WI. See more »Soundtracks
My GirlWritten by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson Jr.) and Ronald White
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I think Soul Food does more than reveal a truly selfish brood of sisters (Williams, Fox, Long). Through the eyes of a child, it looks at family and blood values and finds them strong enough to beat any adversity. These are real people with real problems (unemployment, depression, desires, frustrations, goals and greed), there is no logic in those situations. You work with the essentials and learn as you go along. The sisters learn to accept each other's kinks and twists, even if it means swallowing their pride. This truly is food for the soul.
A searching movie!!!