“Soul Food” quotes

(1997)
Movie Soul Food
Title Soul Food
Year 1997
Director George Tillman Jr.
Genre Comedy, Drama
Plot – An average middle-class African-American family is struggling with the ritual that for forty years has marked the existence of its members: Sunday lunch, the occasion when the matriarch brings together her three daughters around a table to discuss their problems. Teri, the eldest daughter is a successful district attorney; Maxine, the second, is a housewife with a strong personality and no worries; the third, Bird, is newly-wed to a former convict. Then a serious disease strikes Mama Joe, stopping this ritual and undermining the very foundations of family life. However, the newest member of this large family will ideally take responsibility to carry on the inheritance of this precious convivial meeting.
All actors – Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Gina Ravera, Irma P. Hall, Carl Wright, Mel Jackson, Morgan Méchelle Smith
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  • “One finger won't make an impact, but you ball all those fingers into a fist, and you can strike a mighty blow. Now, this family has got to be that fist.”
    Irma P. Hall - Mother Joe
    [Tag:family, power, unity]
  • “- Maxine: Teri, why do you always have to let everybody know how much you pay for everything?
    - Teri: Because I do.”

    Vivica A. Fox - Maxine
    Vanessa Williams - Teri
    [Tag:money, payment]
  • “- Lem: You should feel bad! Because of you, I had to spend weeks in jail.
    - Teri: You should be thankful! Now, you can stay home and take care of your pregnant wife.
    - Bird: You know what, Teri? You need to mind your own damn business, all right? Didn't nobody ask you for your help! You need to worry about your own husband and why he's sleeping...” (continue)
    (continue reading)

    Mekhi Phifer - Lem
    Vanessa Williams - Teri
    Nia Long - Bird
  • “- Kenny: Teri, your mother worked hard to keep that house in the family! For you, and your family...
    - Teri: Oh, fuck the family! I let the family into my house, and you know what happened? The family fucked my husband.”

    Jeffrey D. Sams - Kenny
    Vanessa Williams - Teri
  • “In life we all make some bad choices. My husband was a gambler. Almost cost us this house. But I worked, on my hands and knees, cleaning up after white folks. Taking in laundry. You do what you have to do to stay strong.”
    Irma P. Hall - Mother Joe
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