Soul Food
1997 · 114 min · Director: George Tillman Jr.
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
Soul Food (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Sadness25%
- Joy20%
- Anger15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Sadness
- Hope
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Sadness | Hope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Love | 58 % | 53 % | 3 % | 23 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Humor | 58 % | 48 % | 3 % | 15 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Humor | 60 % | 44 % | 10 % | 13 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Tension | 59 % | 40 % | 18 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Love | 55 % | 35 % | 19 % | 19 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 64 % | 33 % | 38 % | 15 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Sadness | 71 % | 34 % | 61 % | 13 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Sadness | 61 % | 34 % | 56 % | 19 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Hope | 54 % | 31 % | 38 % | 25 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Tension | 60 % | 25 % | 26 % | 26 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Tension | 70 % | 19 % | 31 % | 25 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 71 % | 19 % | 48 % | 16 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 68 % | 19 % | 55 % | 10 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Tension | 78 % | 31 % | 65 % | 18 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Sadness | 86 % | 56 % | 79 % | 34 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Sadness | 79 % | 61 % | 66 % | 48 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Hope | 71 % | 59 % | 40 % | 59 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Love | 74 % | 68 % | 38 % | 65 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Love | 80 % | 74 % | 40 % | 66 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 111′ | Love | 83 % | 77 % | 30 % | 68 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Kenny
Faith
Reverend Williams
Simuel
Kelly
Uncle Pete
Details
- Directed by
- George Tillman Jr.
- Written by
- George Tillman Jr.
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1997
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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