Terri was a victim

two wrongs don't make a right and i am not on Dornell side too still especially even way more of course and its still his own fought for putting himself in that messed up crazy situation at the same time also too way more mater fact.

Lesson to learn you have to be real with the women that you involve with from the beginning so she can have a choice for her to make

I feel like @ the club she knew about Mia and that’s when she decided to fuck with him so that is where I blame her

Victim!!!!!! I've always thought so!

This is 💯 correct!! Terry was tired of being seen as an ATM!! None of them was going to pay her back come on now! Just because your family doesn’t mean they have to bail you out all of the time. They all adults!

Just watch it yesterday. I’m teacher and I always kickoff my breaks with NOSTALGIC black cinema

As a kid I thought she was stuck up. As an adult I understand her fully. She got the short end of the stick constantly and she never told a lie

They walked all over her.

I’ve always loved this movie!! Keep em coming ❤😊

I really enjoy hearing your recaps…and to answer your question about Cleo home it was an old fire station that’s why it had a pole in it…

Terri wasn't being treated right in the tv series either. She was ordered to pay alimony to her 1st husband, Russell. Even though he gave her every dime back, still😣. She was having panic attacks because she became everything to everyone but herself. 😢 She didn't make partner at her law firm and that reactivated all her inadequacies.

Crazy how Ice Cube can play in a movie so dramatic and impactful like Boyz N The Hood, but he can still make a really goofy and fun movie like Friday.

I knew she was the victim once it was understood their mother felt Terry was supposed to eat sunday dinner with her sister that ended up marrying her boyfriend who cheated on her with that same sister.Then the husband cheats with ho cousin.Plus she has to pay for everything .She was most likely so damaged by the betrayal she focused on school and work and didnt date for a very long time and when she finally married she couldnt have kids anymore and was too angry and became a complete workaholic.Meanwhile her sister has 2 kids and one on the way with Terrys ex boyfriend.WOW . Maxine always had to have what Terry had and probably was jealous of Terry and Terry is the classy one.Terry is the one to look up to in the eyes of Maxine the MIDDLE child.I think Maxine had middle child syndrome and was just jealous of Terrys....EVERYTHING.

They hated and were jealous of Terri because her natural beauty and professional success. In short, Terri had a good life and had a lot going for her and they hated her for it. They only "loved" Terri when they need her help as an atm.

As a man, he was wrong. However, I don’t condone violence at all, whether it’s man or woman.

As a kid,i always thought terri was just being a b***h. Now i understand why as an adult now. Its reality for some of us. Only being looked at as an asset. Mostly a family bank. Not to mention being cheated on *TWICE!* 😢😢😢

Even Vanessa Williams was frustrated with the Joseph family as actress playing Terri. “F the family” in the kitchen scene from the party was an adlib. 😂😂

Mama Jo (Big Mama) was the actual villain. She enabled her family to financially abuse Terri. She didn’t get her mentally ill brother proper medical care. She allowed that pastor to SA and inappropriately harass her daughters while she sat back and laughed. She didn’t take care of her health and didn’t even leave a will which left her children fighting over her estate and how to pay her debts. KNOWING SHE HAD THAT MONEY STASHED. I have half of mind to believe that wasn’t her money and Uncle Pete was actually saving that but they wrote him off as being crazy and took his money.

Mama Jo (Big Mama) was the actual villain. She enabled her family to financially abuse Terri. She didn’t get her mentally ill brother proper medical care. She allowed that pastor to SA and inappropriately harass her daughters while she sat back and laughed. She didn’t take care of her health and didn’t even leave a will which left her children fighting over her estate and how to pay her debts. KNOWING SHE HAD THAT MONEY STASHED. I have half of mind to believe that wasn’t her money and Uncle Pete was actually saving that but they wrote him off as being crazy and took his money.

As a kid i never saw terri as a villain. Didnt know she was being treated like one. I never forgot how she was cheated on twice. That was messed up

It was sad when their mom died. Everytime I hear the song OOh Child by The Five Stairsteps, it makes me think about this movie.

Black American 🇺🇸 classic

Terri was always one of my favorite characters in soulfood, the movie and the series!❤ i was 10 when the movie came out.

love you nostalgia tv.

I jusgave like 800 aftering discovering this video. I still have the original VHS for this movie. I was a kid n the 90's when this came out, and we got the VHS tape as soon as the movie was released on VHS. It also came with a cookbook. Sprite Pound Cake 😂

sad what happened to him.

Vanessa was the victim of the worst hair in the film. It all went downhill after that!

Sorry but even tho I feel for Terri, I strongly desagree to put her as a victim. She definetly have some common sense but thats not what the movie and specially family bounds is about. Having your "life together" and some decent amount of money doesnt qualify you to treat your husband and your family like children and expect people not to antagonise you for it. Sorry for the sis but she had it coming. She was right in a way but made the wrong conclusions. I think her character is perfectly written and symbolise many of our sisters that look so proud and strong on the outside, but cries in their bed like everyone else. Love is stronger than being right, she learnt it the hard way.

Who in their right mind would pay for someone’s WEDDING?! Bird was Trash tbh and Maxine is heartless.

Ungodly people making a ungodly movie leading people astray from the Lord

oh God i remember i used to be told to go to sleep when soul food showed up on tv

I felt this way about Terri even when I was a child, and as an adult, I grew to relate to her. My family has recently been treating me the same way, expecting me to be the breadwinner and expect me to give them money when they need to borrow from me, and if I refuse, I'm considered selfish and then get guilt-tripped to reconsider my decision if I dared to say no. Not to mention one time, I was considered selfish because I chose to go to work on time over waiting for my cousin to get to his job despite the fact that he started work 30 minutes AFTER me. So yeah. Terri was definitely the victim, no questions asked.

This is something thats common in ALL families no matter the color or background....you gotta stick with family no matter how shitty they treat you ...and that something that's bullshit!

Your title... Nope!

Reading these comments make me wonder if this is the reason why I watched this movie only once.

I wish you did the Soul Food tv show analyses her relationship with Ahmad expanded and it basically looked like he was following in her footsteps going to a good prep school and his birthday was hosted at her nice home to impress his rich friends from school.

I grew up with my family members always viewing Terri as having gotten done dirty and being justified in her pulling a knife on her cousin so I had no idea this was an unpopular opinion.

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Side note - I remember the actor who played Myles as Mr. Darnell in the movie Lean On Me. Amazing actor.

I agree... poor Terri. Her family was constantly hitting her up for $$$ and what did she get in return? Her terrible cousin f***ed her husband.

This is one of my favorite old school movies. But watching it as an adult definitely made me give her the side eye lol. He was supposed to the Caribbean boo thang, not a permanent situation 😂 I also read the book too before I saw the movie and in the book her friend had already passed away prior to her going to Jamaica. I thought it was cool that they added her character in the movie.

I think in adulthood, you see that Terry was the victim.

....say her name again?🫣🤭

I loved this movie! I was a teenager when it came out and my girlfriends and I saw it a few times. When that dog popped out of the Aunt Song's sofa bed...😂😂😂

Can you also do belly? Please

The heaviest scene was when she found out that Miles took out $5000.00 out of their Joint Bank Account and she said let her know when he does something like that in the future so they could keep the books straight. I couldn't agree more. After seeing what her parents went through with finances, I can understand her not wanting to go through the same thing.

Terrible movie send out the wrong messages. Even the boondocks points out how bad the movies really was.

Can you cover poison ivy the one about Drew Barrymore? It’s crazy. You need to watch it and it’s insane. But can you cover that one next, please?