Soul Food

Parents need to know that although the 1997 Soul Food frankly depicts sex, both married and unmarried, as a normal part of life, it's primarily a movie about the importance of strong family connections and loyalties. Sisters argue about money, handling a parent's illness, and disposing of property while marriages thrive and fall apart. The family endures plenty of tragedy and shares joy, but they get through it with the help of a long-standing tradition of Sunday dinners, which we learn are about more than just eating. Language includes "f--k," "s--t," the "N" word, "ho," and "d--k," and adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. An angry husband shoves his wife when they have a disagreement. A man instigates a fight, but the other guy throws the first punch. An ex-convict has a gun in his glove compartment and later wields it when attacked. A woman who thinks a man has hit her sister hires some thugs to beat him up. A fight ensues in a bar and all the men get arrested. A married couple is seen having sex in the bathroom, clothed. A married man is seen having sex with his wife's cousin. An ex-boyfriend touches the décolletage of his ex-girlfriend at her wedding. A couple is caught having sex in a car, clothed. A woman tries to rebuff her ex's advances by telling him, "My husband's name is written all over my kitty cat."  Women look at a man who just came out of the shower, naked, and remark, "Did you see that thing?" The man is shown from the chest up.