A Child Brought The Family Back Together... | *SOUL FOOD* (1997) | First Time Watching

[@wclac]

Seeing this as a kid, I thought Terri was just being mean. Now as an adult, I understand her now.

[@gifi11]

Terri still was mean lol she was a party pooper.

[@TreWimsical]

@@gifi11When your family sees you as the cash cow that’s justified

[@foxyaessports7420]

@@TreWimsicalshe flaunted her success and how much money she had towards everything so shit if you don’t want to be identified as a cash cow don’t flaunt it and say no

[@quintonturpin925]

How’d you see this as a kid??😂

[@TreWimsical]

@@foxyaessports7420 When you’re a lawyer there’s no need to flaunt cuz everybody already knows they make big money. It’s the fact that she pays for everything while receiving no reparations or support that be pissing her off

[@michaelmendez2384]

The song in the intro is Boys 2 Men a song for momma

[@ryanm.3351]

0:06 lol "Mike Hunt" lol I cant believe she fell for that name

[@MichaelDPrice]

Had to check the comments to see who caught that 😂😂😂

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Bart Simpson schooled me so hard 🤣😂😭😂

[@jmcollins80]

I had to do a double take! 😂😂😂 I felt sorry for the dude if it’s real

[@hopet7090]

When I first saw this movie I did not get the hate Terry got. She is a classic older sister. Big mama put a lot of responsibility on her so she craves structure and then everyone has her pay for everything. She has to run big mamas house and pay the bills. As a big sister I get how you can feel like you have to have your stuff together.

[@carameldiva5131]

Agreed

[@theman9048]

They did her dirty

[@laurynalana1876]

@@hopet7090 yeah but there r times where Terry does need 2 mind her own business. Joe did tell her that stop running down your family & pay attention 2 your own husband. Then bird repeats it at the end of the movie. So Terry honestly is no saint either just like every1 else in the family is guilty which is y they all got checked by Ahmad in the end

[@Destyn2B]

The group is called Milestone because his name is Miles, but it's made up from members of real groups. Jo-Jo and K-Ci from Jodeci, Babyface and 2 members of After 7, Melvin and Kevon Edmonds who are the brothers of Babyface. This whole soundtrack was/is good.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

Exactly!! Two of the hottest groups of the time!!'

[@reydean171]

R&B of the 90's cannot be topped. Probably only the 80's can

[@carameldiva5131]

Soundtrack was a straight BANGER!!!!

[@michaelpitts8549]

She's one of those types of cousins that creeps around

[@CeliniacForLife]

Kevon is younger than Babyface.

[@texvor6949]

The music Miles playing on the piano is Debarge's "A Dream" which is also part of Blackstreet's "Dont Leave Me" and also sampled by Tupac in "I Aint Mad At Cha"

[@ddavis8988]

Also remade by Mary J. Blige. I love her version as well.

[@carameldiva5131]

Vanessa Williams, the first Black Miss USA.

[@keptbygrace6221]

She had some great pop singles too. My favorites were Dreamin and Work to Do. 🙂

[@carameldiva5131]

@@keptbygrace6221 those were bangers. I loved Love Is with Brian McKnight

[@terrrell7798]

@@carameldiva5131 don't forget Colors of the Wind

[@sama7569]

Ms. America

[@CeliniacForLife]

No, she was the first Black Miss America. Carole Gist was the first Black Miss USA. Get it right!

[@acwalker4664]

31:09 No, that was Michael Jai White that did role-play Marcus from "Why Did I Get Married"

[@terrrell7798]

When you re-watch the movie, and realize Terri was the real victim. Also, I have the original VHS for this movie. My mom bought it during my childhood (the year the movie came out) and it came with a cookbook. One of the things to make, Sprite Pound Cake 😂

[@laticiadavis8627]

A song for momma,-Boys to. En is the opening song.

[@laurynalana1876]

She was a victim of a lot, however she wasn't a total victim. Terry did some bad things too. The movie just doesn't show Terry doing stuff as much as they show stuff being done to her.

[@KeishaCharmaine]

32:12 😂 the way you looked at us

[@KarterMcFly]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ezelldaniels6064]

The name of this song is called "A Song For Mama" by Boyz 2 Men. This movie was one one of my childhood movies growing up even though I had no business watching it haha 😂😂 it's a classic!

[@izhirallen8746]

I don’t blame kid for want family back together after everything gone wrong. The kid absolutely did good job bring the family back together.

[@Natedawgg84]

Movies in the 90's had the best soundtracks!

[@PHSDM104]

The meesed up part is that this movie came out months before my own grandmother died. A Song for Mama was played at her funeral and I BROKE DOWN! 😭😭😭

[@dunbardunelm3924]

😭😘😘🙏🏾🕊️🕊️

[@cathiemills6193]

They played it on a loop at my momma funeral too

[@SheniceSays214]

Maxine acting like she helped Terry pay for stuff.

[@missmisher]

Maxine was the worst. I couldn’t stand her.

[@nogalistanineties9237]

The jealous sister ​@@missmisher

[@RP.123]

The guy "sounding like a girl" is Kevon Edmonds, the lead singer of After 7. Amazing voice and range.

[@CeliniacForLife]

Kevon wasn't the lead. Melvin was.

[@RP.123]

@ the Edmonds brothers were both lead vocalists of After 7

[@RP.123]

@ yea okay. In 1999, UrbanSoul states, “We all know Kevon Edmonds as the lead singer of After 7, and Babyface's big brother, and honestly one of the greatest voices in R&B, that's a fact not an opinion, so it was only a logical decision for him to make his own album after After 7 went on an indefinite hiatus in the 90s.”

[@nedzed3663]

It's amazing watching movies I grew up with believing certain characters were the villains of the story, while others, the hero or underdog, and seeing those characters in completely different lights as an adult.

[@NeshPesh]

“A song for mama “ is a timeless classic forsure! Boyz 2 men def takes me back my childhood. Absolute legends & lol we never put pinned money to wedding dresses, but we did pin money to people on birthdays

[@jaedenmclaughlin1585]

90s movies be hittin the music be fye and the movies were actually enjoyable

[@josephlaw9117]

Last time I seen this movie, I was a kid. Now that I’m older with my own family, I can relate to it so much more. It’s been a year and a half since my grandfather passed. Which he was my best friend. He was the glue to our family, we would always have dinner at our grandparents house, always have a Christmas pajama party on Christmas Eve. He had a nickname for every grandchild, mine was ‘lil boy’ since I was the youngest of the grandchildren. We were both Geminis so we connected on a different level. It always seemed like if you need answers or someone to talk to, you could always go to him. But you know, when older ppl start “talking crazy” you know it’s almost there time to pass on. He bought a gold cross for a necklace, and said it was specifically for me. I knew what that meant, I just looked at him and just cried in silence. After that day I mentally had to prepare myself for his passing. When they called me, I didn’t even cry or have any emotion. I didn’t feel real. Still to this day, the family hasn’t been the same since he been gone. Everybody has just moved on with there own lives . And one thing about my grandpa was that he would just call you at random and just ask how you were doing and make sure you checked in on your family. I still try to follow in his footsteps. But sometimes it seems like there fading. Teared up typing this. I miss you Grandpappi ❤🕊️

[@keshaj]

Pinning the money on the bride is a 90’s thing for sure! We called it the “dollar dance”. I remember my aunties did that at their weddings back in the day. We need to bring that back! 😅

[@texvor6949]

Soul Train is a great film to react to, pure black excellence being watched by an excellent reactor. Can't wait to see your final thoughts on the film.

[@damodeste]

Guys who were singing was Boyz 2 Men remember the same guys who came Michael Bivins and sang in New Edition Movie. They are Legendary like New Edition.

[@ninamoore7162]

I remember as a kid going to see this at the theater with all my cousins and all of us crying during the hospital scene 😢 the last scene with big momma in it...

[@christianwilliams5536]

I play trumpet too. You not alone. 😂

[@mr.ifeoluwa4591]

The kid Ahmad played in Blue Hill Avenue

[@rushmaverick1923]

Aside from this movie, one of the other movies that I know him from is when he played young Michael Jordan in the opening to "Space Jam".

[@JosephEarlEvans1998]

And He also played Walter on Tales from the hood

[@MultiDJrocks]

He also played Angela Bassett’s son in Waiting to Exhale

[@Bronxkid238]

I know I always say this. But it has to be said. You are too cute when you cry and whimper. It's so adorable to see you react that way at certain scenes. I love it.

[@bigb2494]

The song at the intro was "A Song For Mama", perform by Boyz 2 Men. It was as written and produced along with the rest of the soundtrack by Kenny "Babyface" Edmunds.

[@danteharris3259]

That's a real group singing up there on the stage

[@Unknownartist-qo7ne]

This movie is so relatable to me I was the responsible one in the family. Uncle P reminds me of my own uncle he didn't talk but he would always watch TV. I remember my brother snuck in his him and my uncle was mad. But unfortunately he passed

[@bj1761]

This one was a strong one. Everyone was great in this, especially Vivica and moreover Vanessa Williams. Vivica around this time was putting together a resume. Brandon Hammond (Ahmad) was in many movies in the 90’s, some of which you have reacted to like Menace II Society and Waiting to Exhale.

[@CeliniacForLife]

Vivica already had a résumé at this point. By this point, she had been a Soul Train dancer, starred in the only Black daytime soap opera, starred in Out All Night with Patti LaBelle and Duane Martin, Set It Off, and Independence Day.

[@DBrezzy219]

This movie was EVERYTHING man😭💯🔥

[@SaintLouisEastSaintLouisHiphop]

Home remedies actually work taking vitamins and supplements especially multivitamins and if your sick alot tumeric and elderberry and B12 it will keep you from being sick !!!!!

[@NeptuneLady1957]

My nieces and nephews always wanted to stay with me❤. It's an Auntie with no kids and extra bucks to to spend on fun stuff thing!

[@CharliArmstrong]

I wondered why the predecessors and ancestors were so averse to seeing doctors. Then I learned about the Tuskegee Experiment which led me to learn about the Father of modern gynecology. Then I understood.

[@ddavis8988]

Tuskeegee is a very small part of it. There's a book called "The Delectable Negro". The horrors in that book.

[@CharliArmstrong]

😭 I both want to read it and I don’t! 😭

[@ddavis8988]

@@CharliArmstrong The book will make you feel that way

[@brickMade94]

“A Song For Mama” by Boyz 2 Men

[@missmisher]

Team Terri all the way! She was the victim in all of this and out of all of them, Big Mama was the villain IMHO. She and everyone in the family took advantage of Terri and expected her twice to forgive family for literally taking her men and having to sit down at Sunday dinner with them as if it’s normal. No thank you. I understood Terri as a child and as an adult, I understand her even more. She isn’t mean, she’s tired!

[@dredre_lj2003]

I just saw this last night wit my mom, and I enjoyed it, a GREAT Thanksgiving Movie.

[@marklouis1890]

My sister showed me this movie in high school The music in the beginning always makes me cry and feel emotions. This is one of those movies you have to see at least once in your life I showed one of my white friends at the time, This movie and he loved it and understood all of the themes in the film

[@mysticizzm]

The song "miss thang" was bumping n grinding all over Lem to is called Boys and Girls by Tony! Toni! Toné!

[@iheardmyhappinessgotyoumad3571]

This movie has everything you would want in a classic family movie.

[@jaycoleman6628]

It also takes place in Chicago

[@tlcand3]

Mike Hunt 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Geminitae96]

Amazing Reaction 💜💜💜

[@Arimas-bx2rt]

6:11 You probably guessed that Big Mama was gonna die because Ahmad is speaking about her in past tense. I've seen this movie a million times and didn't notice that, until just now.

[@williamrobinson4513]

Hi MJ. First of all, I am a new SUBSCRIBER to your channel, and you are the FIRST, from what I have seen so far, to react to THIS FILM. I also got emotional at the end when the child was the hero to bring his family members together. That was 10 years ago. As I see your reaction to this movie, the emotions came right back for me. This was a GOOD THING. Thanks MJ for the reaction. May you keep the CLASSICS coming🎉❤😂

[@Nebulametal]

this movie spoke to my soul

[@Bronxkid238]

The song at the beginning was from Boyz to Men Mama. That's the name of the song.

[@MichaelLesesne]

Don’t knock the herbal remedies of our elders and ancestors. They work. Well, they did until the modern diet all but made medicine required to live, especially here in America. Example? My grandmother used to have us brush our teeth with only baking soda and then rinse with peroxide. That’s how they did it when she was growing up in the 40s and 50s. Now, what do most toothpaste and mouthwashes come with? Mhmm.. There are countless other examples as well. The ancestors understood..

[@cosmictraveler1146]

Herbs can’t heal cancer.

[@dredre_lj2003]

I think any corrupted broken family can relate to this.

[@87jcksn]

Can’t Wait! This was my fav growing up.

[@omaridanner1254]

Wassup MJ I can't wait for this reaction this was one of my favorite movies back in the day 😊

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@amjay2300]

Opening credits song: A Song For Mama by Boyz 2 Men I LOVE that you did this reaction; folks never react to this movie! MJ the 🐐‼️😂❤

[@LadyLesbianrina]

The soundtrack from Soul food are Boyz II Men Song for Mama

[@Im1pm_]

Lol Vivica fox is best know from set it off, it's a must watch if you haven't seen it yet

[@MJWITHOUTSPIDERMAN]

i did, check channel

[@triplusional2.0]

She already saw it. It's on the channel already

[@michaelpitts8549]

All the photos are real

[@texvor6949]

Nice reaction. Glad you enjoyed this classic.

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

Good reaction to Soul Food MJ 🥳👏🏾👍🏾🤟🏾👌🏾

[@KINGT33]

Hi MJ you have been putting on banger videos even when you are sick to me that is dedication for your fans😭

[@paddleduck5328]

This movie makes me ache with nostalgia. It did back then and even more now.

[@jmcollins80]

If you like the opening song, you need to get the entire set of Boyz II Men music. They’re pretty amazing. They dominated R&B in the early 90s. Most young people have only heard a few of their songs. There are so many hidden gems in their albums

[@toniihudgins5509]

A Song For Mama By Boys ll Men is the song in the beginning

[@ARealGem88]

The song in the beginning was Boyz II Men- A Song For Mama. If you ever want a really good series, the Soul Food TV series is good too.

[@jayjohnson3059]

I am binge watching the series right now, and I am currently on Season 3! I think It’s pretty good.

[@yejideanderson8609]

It's called Song for Mama by Boyz II Men

[@cashmoneysims]

I was thinking of things to recommend…idk how I did not think of this one🤦🏾‍♂️😭💯 oh yeah this a good one🔥🔥 that’s the same kid from tales from the hood, menace to society, and blue hill avenue⭐️😎

[@RobSkillz881]

A Song For Mama by Boyz To Men

[@JamesASharp]

Your Patreon got you watching all of the old hood classics. 😂😂 I saw this film in the theater. It was an okay experience. Drama just isn't for me. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@rebeccasaterfield0710]

You should react to Waiting to Exhale. The soundtrack was fire 🔥 on that movie. It's also a good movie.

[@beaniegee5129]

Amazing reaction to the movie Soul Food

[@OhioPlayas]

Milestone was a mixture of R&B groups, Jodeci, After 7 and Babyface...

[@Beverabrooks8]

You definitely have to react to “Hard ball” with Keanu Reeves’s and a young Michael B Jordan, great movie & story

[@JoelBroadnax-e5o]

Shoutout to “Mike Hunt” is hilarious

[@mablomal2411]

Not you thought this was Marcus from why did I get married 😂

[@AntronDaughtry]

On everything Terri been getting tried by her family since highschool

[@MississippiKaijuMusic]

Being a 90s baby is different 😂

[@nateclark2731]

"Mike Hunt" 😂

[@aldeanbilly2696]

Porky's??🤷

[@justdnice49]

A Song For Mama- Boyz 2 Men

[@antonioriley34]

It’s called a song for mama by boys 2 men

[@OfficialDRELOSKi]

22:38 real singers

[@OfficialYounginwell]

I wanna take MJ to big mommas house for some soul food. 😊

[@djgmoneygary]

MJ IS SO BEAUTIFUL

[@syrrcollins6943]

Mike hunt😂😂😂😂😂

[@joshuagrant6192]

Oh No He Played The Deacon On First Sunday!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@romangarza8722]

Thanks Mike Hunt 😂😂😂😂

[@SheniceSays214]

The guy that played Miles was in waiting to XL with Angela Bassett and that’s where he cheated first

[@crybbyrosa420]

Terri is my favorite! Idc if ppl hate her, and she's stuck up! She got her own by herself! She is a strong independent women whos family thinks they can use her for money just cause its family and on top of that they are ungrateful I don't blame Terri for how she is and Girl, what do you mean "That's why you don't like her." her sister literally stole her boyfriend! Of course that's why she don't like her like what??? It's a big deal! I'd be mad too! Lol.

[@beaniegee5129]

A Song for Mama by Boyz II Men is the name of the song

[@roderickjohnson9302]

This is a really really good movie I've have the soundtrack

[@marklouis1890]

We're not making love no more is my favorite song from the soundtrack

[@taneshah.1260]

​@@marklouis1890Same! Sisqo did his thing on that joint.

[@firstchoice4527]

Hahaha 🤣 0:05 flew right over MJ's head. Curious to see how many people will get it. Don't comment with an explanation just a 🤣 emoji if you get it!

[@SaintLouisEastSaintLouisHiphop]

THe soundtrack was totally dope but the Mama song was Boyz II Men Mama the biggest group in the 90's and still loved today also Watch Ice Cube's Barbershop and The Temptations

[@damonwade9476]

Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@christolbert3491]

Mj good job on all the movies

[@SaintLouisEastSaintLouisHiphop]

26:19 is a 2pac song I aint Mad atcha

[@marklouis1890]

The first time I saw this movie I didn't like the Terry character I felt she was very uppity and head a superiority complex but really she was just bitter and jaded because her family uses her like an ATM and expects her to front the bill for everything without giving her the proper respect that she deserved. Noy to say teri didnt have her faults; she never supported her husband with his music career, very cold Just seemed to check out of the marriage. That wasn't an excuse for miles to cheat on her with her cousin, They were both wrong for that.

[@KalanMiller]

Thats how I know realize that she was the victim, not the villain

[@KalanMiller]

Teri deserved better. Justice for Teri

[@joekerr182]

Poor Miles

[@davidjohnston351]

All i'm going to say is look up the members of milestone😅😅😅😅

[@Shady360ify]

Bebes kids next😂😂

[@javelldunn3379]

This song called Boys 2 Men this is everything like wow

[@alejandroacosta1227]

You don't have to limit yourself to the trumpet. you can do other brass instruments as well. I had an uncle named Pat. he played the flugelhorn and the trumpet.