- Title: Soul Man
- Original Title: Soul Man
- Release Date: 24/10/1986
- Tagline: He didn't give up, he got down.
- Budget: $4,500,000.00
- Duration:104 Min / 01:44
- Country:US
- Genre:Comedy
About Film
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Movie Rating: 5.28
Total Votes: 157
Reviews
Dan_Tebasco
6/10
**Soul Man**
Had heard a bit about this movie before I saw it, many times refered to as being racist. In fact COMPLEX MAGAZINE listed it as number 4 on a 'most racist movies' list they made.
Watching it, I must say it's a whole lot less racist than I expected it to be. In fact I wouldn't call it racist at all.
It's about a white guy who...