This movie could have sunk to soap opera melodrama. But Tillman really cares about each multidimensional character. As a result, the film resonates.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 10, 2023

A heartwarming but realistic exploration of complex emotions experienced by members of the family.

| May 31, 2022

A feast for the eye and a tug at the heart -- that is writer/director George Tillman Jr.s' new film, Soul Food.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 26, 2022

'90s family drama has language and sex.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 19, 2018

As warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully-fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 5, 2009

An overt desire to please often leaves Tillman relying on force-feeding techniques.

| Mar 17, 2008

Your appetite may be blunted by the surfeit of syrup.

| Mar 17, 2008

Soul Food aims to be a banquet of feelings, but mostly it serves up tripe.

| Mar 17, 2008

The steaming platters of fried catfish, macaroni and cheese, sweet corn bread, and black-eyed peas that appear early and often in writer-director George Tillman Jr.'s sentimental family drama should be listed in the credits as costars.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Mar 17, 2008

A messy, good-natured paean to the power of food and family to fix what ails you.

| Mar 17, 2008

Soul Food serves up family melodrama-cum-comedy that's tasty and satisfying, if not particularly profound or original.

Full Review | Mar 17, 2008

Tillman is tremendously skilled at bridging the vast shifts in tone.

| Mar 17, 2008

This story is right out of America's collective unconscious.

| Jul 11, 2007

A hearty, old fashioned meal of a film.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2005

A glossy and generally praiseworthy melodrama by writer-director George Tillman.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 24, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 12, 2004