Soul Men R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 10, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Weinstein
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Bernie Mac & Samuel L. Jackson | |
Performer: | Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Affion Crockett, Adam Herschman, John Legend & Jennifer Coolidge | |
Directed by | Malcolm D. Lee | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone | |
Composition by | Stanley Clarke | |
Cameo: | Isaac Hayes | |
Produced by | David T. Friendly & Charles Castaldi | |
Director of Photography: | Matthew F. Leonetti | |
Executive Production by | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein & Mark McNair |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1.5/5 --
The filmmakers chose to go too often to the well, I mean the toilet, for inspiration.
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eFilmCritic.com
Considering the canvas the story provides, and the richness of the tradition it taps into, the amount and quality of the music is pretty disappointing.
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Film.com
SOUL MEN is a chance to salute these masters of mirth and music. Take it.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 4/10 --
In the end, its lack of originality and extremely low sense of humor keep Soul Men down a lot further than it deserves. There's potential there, but it's never realized.
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ComingSoon.net
[Mac and Jackson] appear to be having a ball doing the musical numbers, which are infectious....[The film] manages to hit enough of the right notes to serve as a respectable coda to Mac's legacy.
Variety
It really is bittersweet to watch Mac in one of his final performances. He makes the most of pretty average material here.
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At the Movies
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Soul Men could have been so much more.
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Toronto Star
Product Description:
Malcolm Lee, director of upbeat family fare such as WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS and ROLL BOUNCE, takes a slightly raunchier tack for his uproarious buddy comedy, SOUL MEN. The late Bernie Mac gives one of his final performances as Floyd Henderson, a retired back-up singer for a ‘60s soul act known as the Real Deal. When the group's lead singer, Marcus Hooks--played by real-life soul singer John Legend--suddenly drops dead, the two remaining members of the group, Henderson and Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson), are enlisted to play a tribute concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Hinds, an ex-convict trying his best to stay out of the limelight, is persuaded by Henderson to drive cross-country for the chance to re-ignite his music career. The classic comedic trope of road-trip antagonism reaches new heights as the pair curse and claw at each other for the entire voyage, taking occasional breaks to stage impromptu roadside rehearsals and other, less PG-rated misadventures. Throughout, Mac's formidable skills at slapstick play against Jackson's no-nonsense, tough guy demeanor--a veneer that, at times, cracks enough to reveal some genuinely tender moments between the two. But SOUL MEN's final, most poignant postscript is a cameo by fallen soul legend Isaac Hayes--who, coincidentally, died the same week as Bernie Mac--casting a bittersweet pall over the film's enjoyably comic shenanigans.
Product Description:
Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader
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- UPC: 796019818070
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