Fresh
It's a blithe, silly, good-natured movie and, of its kind, quite an enjoyable one.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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Soul Man
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Steve Miner Director
- C. Thomas Howell as Mark Watson
- Rae Dawn Chong as Sarah Walker
- Arye Gross as Gordon Bloomfeld
- James Earl Jones as Professor Banks
- Melora Hardin as Whitney Dunbar
- Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Dunbar
- Ann Walker as Mrs. Dunbar
- David Reynolds as Ernie (as Dave Reynolds)
- James B. Sikking as Bill Watson
- Max Wright as Dr. Aronson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The pity is, it isn't even outrageous.
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
Rotten
Of course, simply everyone is completely bamboozled by our hero's disguise, even though he now looks like a Ken doll with liver disease.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
This is a genuinely interesting idea, filled with dramatic possibilities, but the movie approaches it on the level of a dim-witted sit-com.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
In the end, however, it's let down by one easy laugh too many.
Time Out
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