Soul Food - The Second Season
Studio: ParamountMPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Audio: Stereo
Running Time: 1010 minutes
DVD Release: August 7th 2007
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DVD Review
The long-awaited second season of Soul Food has arrived! Picking up where the first season left off, the Joseph sisters--fiery Maxine (Vanessa Williams, formerly of Melrose Place), controlling yet vulnerable Teri (Nicole Ari Parker, Remember the Titans), and the baby of the family, Bird (Malinda Williams, Daddy's Little Girls)--cope with the wake of a car crash that has left Maxine's husband Kenny (Rockmond Dunbar, Prison Break) in the hospital, while Bird's ex-con husband Lem (Darrin Dewitt Henson, Stomp the Yard) blames Teri's boyfriend Damon (Boris Kodjoe, Brown Sugar) for causing the accident. From there, the series settles into its turbulent groove: Kenny finds himself drawn to his secretary at the towing company; Teri fights to be made partner at her law firm; Bird and Lem fight over the significance of visiting a strip club; Maxine gets into local politics; Lem's store burns down and Lem is accused of arson; Teri suffers from worsening panic attacks; and Kenny and Maxine's son Ahmad (Image award-winner Aaron Meeks) wrestles with school, adolescence, and the fallibility of his parents. The recurring theme, of course, is family obligations--what siblings owe to each other, what parents owe to their children (and children to their parents, as Kenny and Lem each struggle to make peace with their flawed forbears), what husbands and wives owe to each other. The commitment to these characters' interconnectedness, explored with sincerity and care by the solid cast, is what makes Soul Food more than just a depiction of middle-class life. --Bret Fetzer
User Reviews
EXCITED TO HEAR THIS - FINALLY! BUT...... - Rating: 5/5
I have the Season 1 box set, and I just purchased the Second Season box set. I can't believe they edited scenes...WTH for?! As noted on many other reviews, it's a box set..slap a PA (Parental Advisory) sticker on it & call it a day! (music rights & all...ok, I understand that) but I would almost wager money that they edited some of the ah...how to word it so that it's not crude..."spicier, intimate" scenes (and I mean, 10-Alarm firehouse chili HOTTTTT)!!! Or...how about a 2nd release with a stronger rating..with all such scenes included!
Meanwhile..I'm just happy it is finally here..if for no other reason than to continue the consistency in my DVD collection, and more importantly, to show Paramount & Showtime that yes..we still love our Soul Food..and we are anxiously awaiting the release of the other seasons...as unchopped as possible, please & thank you. LOL
BTW, I saw one post from someone asking about the whereabouts of the other cast members..isn't "Kenny" on a new hospital-setting show on Fox or Lifetime? "Bird" was recently in Tyler Perry's movie, Daddy's Little Girls (good movie); "Lem" was in Stomp the Yard (another good one); "Maxine" was in some low-budget horror flick where the real main characters were big ol' spiders; "Damon" was in that movie The Gospel - check imdb.com for more info though.
Why Is This Show Not Still On The Air????? - Rating: 5/5
I will never understand why this show was canceled, way too soon. It certainly was as good as, if not better than Girlfriends which is going into its -- what? -- zillionth season! And all the lead actors were just extraordinarily black, beautiful and talented.And where are each of them now? I miss them. I miss this show!
It's About Time - Rating: 5/5
I have to agree with some of the other viewers, 1. It shouldn't have taken four years to release season two when they are digging up old series from the 70's and above and putiing them out like crazy. 2. Why was it necessary to delete some scenes and music it's a DVD for peaks sake make it a R rating and press on. Finally I too, hope it doesn't take another 4 years for season three and others to follow. If we didn't like it or support it we would'nt have made such a big deal about it. I love Soul Food, the original and the series. Hopefully they are already working on season 3.
FINALLY!!!!! - Rating: 5/5
I have also waited paitiently for the release of Seson 2 and it was well worth the wait.
Excited & Disappointed - Rating: 4/5
I've always love this series from the first day it aired on Showtime and I'm been anxiously awaiting the release of the series on DVD. I bought season 1 and was scared that they'd never release season 2. Well, now the time has finally come. I've purchased my copy of season 2 and I was a bit disappointed. I had already heard that some of the music was editted out, but unfortunately, some scenes are as well. I've only been able to watch the 4 episodes on the first DVD and the 1st episode on the 2nd one. What didn't make much sense is. the singer Kina is announced in the club, yet you don't see her nor do they play her music. They also cut out scenes where Teri meets Kristine at Damon's and the scene where Bird returns to the shop for the 1st time since the accident. Also, in the first episode in the season, the opening credits say there will be an appearance by Nicki Micheaux (Lyla), yet, I never saw her in that episode. These are just some things I've noticed so far, and I haven't even seen all 5 discs yet. This has disappointed me quite a bit. However, it's still better than the BET version, so it's worth the money. I just don't understand why was it such a problem with contractural rights that the series couldn't be released, uneditted like 'Friends' or 'Seinfeld'. The same thing with 'Girlfriends'-they had all sorts of issues with DVD release and contracts/rights, so it took forever to release the series. Is it that people on the black tv series' just can't get along? What is the deal?
Anyway, I'm still very excited to have season 2 and hopefully it doesn't take as long to release the remaining seasons. I'm also hoping they're not as "chopped up" like they did with season 2.
