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Soul Men
MGM
MPAA RATING: R for pervasive language, and sexual content including nudity
Starring
Bernie Mac,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Sean Hayes,
Sharon Leal,
Jennifer Coolidge,
Isaac Hayes,
Affion Crockett,
and
John Legend
Louis and Floyd were a popular singing duo back in the day, but then they went their separate ways and never spoke again. When the death of their former group leader reunites them and sends them driving cross country for a tribute concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre, they will have only five days to bury the hatchet on a twenty-year-old grudge. (MGM)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Robert Ramsey
Matthew Stone
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Malcolm Lee
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: November 7, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
There's nothing quite like watching Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac performing at a hoedown and getting into it with the audience.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This movie has a lot of good music in it, some on the soundtrack, some on the screen. Jackson and Bernie Mac have enormous fun doing intricate dance moves together.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
This contemporary riff on "The Sunshine Boys" generally manages to succeed anyway, thanks to the entertaining performances by Mac and co-star Samuel L. Jackson and its generous doses of raucous humor and sweet soul music.
70
Variety
Brian Lowry
There's a nice chemistry between Mac and Samuel L. Jackson in this latest variant of the road movie, which contains comedic elements but actually works better as a drama.
70
Village Voice
Chuck Wilson
Mac and Jackson carry the show--particularly Mac, who's at his crackly, cranky best here. As swan songs go, Soul Men is pretty sweet.
63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The funniest bit in the crude but diverting Soul Men really makes you miss Bernie Mac, who died in August, a few months after completing the picture.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
Jackson gets by mostly on bluster, but that doesn't matter because he serves mostly as a foil to Mac's popeyed shake-and-bake antics.
63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The material doesn't consistently do justice to their talents, but the movie is worth seeing for their chemistry and for the Motown-infused soundtrack.
63
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Soul Men is a chance to salute these masters of mirth and music. Take it.
63
TV Guide
Jason Buchanan
It's a joy to watch soul legend Isaac Hayes in one of his final roles.
63
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Soul Men isn't much of a movie, but it bubbles along and reaches its percolating high point at the very end.
60
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
A raucous, rambling comedy, offering some laughs, some groans and a feast for fans of the musical idioms it mocks and celebrates.
60
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The script is basically a retread of every other AARP comedy, from "Grumpy Old Men" to "Wild Hogs." The laughs, in other words, are of the Viagra and kidney stone variety.
50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Soul Men could have done with less amped-up abrasiveness and more soft-shoe charm.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
The movie also qualifies as a kind of low-rent, male version of "Dreamgirls," but -- while many of the numbers are pleasant -- it doesn't have the moxie to work as a musical.
50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
There are two reasons to put up with Soul Men, and that's the soul men themselves. Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac appear to be having a good time, and for most of this raunchy, poorly orchestrated buddy comedy, that's enough.
50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Mac was a magnetic performer with a long history of redeeming mediocre movies; unfortunately this is another one.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Needless to say, Soul Men has a lot to overcome in its effort to be funny.
40
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Misbegotten buddy-bonding comedy of errors.
40
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Couldn't be more unhip -- it just never hits the groove.
40
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Whenever Soul Men is in need of a jolt of energy, these two poets of profanity are always ready with rapid-fire, mean-spirited rants that would make the writers of "Deadwood" blush.
38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
If you insist on seeing Soul Men, stick around during the closing credits for the best part of the movie, an interview with Mac.
0
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
For all its crudeness and desperation, Soul Men can't scare up a single laugh.
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