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 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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EnglishRelease Date:
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 André Benjamin and Big Boi (as Antwan Patton)
Performed by Outkast featuring CeeLo Green of Goodie Mob
Produced by Outkast for Earthtone Ideas Music Inc.
OutKast and Cee-Lo appear courtesy of LaFace Records
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'Vanessa L. Williams', Vivica A. Fox, and Nia Long all previously starred in _"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990)_ as three very different love interests of Will Smith's character. See more »Goofs
When Lem is sitting in the living room talking to Kenny at his house, you can see a light from the camera visible in the window behind them. 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 »
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In Due TimeWritten by André Benjamin and Big Boi (as Antwan Patton)
Performed by Outkast featuring CeeLo Green of Goodie Mob
Produced by Outkast for Earthtone Ideas Music Inc.
OutKast and Cee-Lo appear courtesy of LaFace Records
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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.