Soul Men - The “F” Word 2000 Times!

From IMDB: 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.

That about sums it up, but don’t forget the 2000 times they say fuck, mother fucker, fuck this, fuck that, and fuck fuck fuck. I have no problem with the word fuck being used in a movie, but in this movie it almost becomes comical how many times in the same sentence they use the word.

Actually a GREAT drinking game could be done with this movie if you had to take a drink every time they say the word fuck. You would be TRASHED within the first 15 minutes of the film.

I have long been a Samuel L. Jackson fan but this movie is below par even for him. Bernie Mac was fun in the Ocean’s 11 series of movies but has always been more of a supporting actor in my opinion.

What I disliked most about this film is that it is JUST NOT FUNNY. It was billed as a comedy and ends up failing as a buddy movie about 2 old guys becoming friends again. Overall I was not impressed.

I did not believe the “buddy” plot.
I did not think the music was particularly good or well performed.
I did not believe any of the main characters and the people they met along the way were even more ridiculous, highlighted by Jackson’s daughter’s clown of a boyfriend.

Sure Issac Hayes and Bernie Mac died shortly after filming this movie, but that does not change the fact that it is sub par (in my opinion) at best.

IMDB link - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111948/
Box office - In 13 weeks in wide release it only made 12 million dollars, further showing that the viewing public (including the African American audience that it is obviously targeted at) clearly also thought it was not a good movie.