Soul Food

"Every family needs some."

Sep 26 1997 R 1h 55m
Comedy, Drama

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. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad (Brandon Hammond) to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.

Plot

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

George Tillman Jr.

Directed by

George Tillman Jr.

Cast

Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Edmonds Entertainment Group, Fox 2000 Pictures

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

6 wins & 11 nominations

Trailers
Soul Food (1997) Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
9,363
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA