Soul Man (1986) was a terrible movie that was produced during that era of "quality film making" the eighties. Stars like C. Thomas Howell represented the "new generation" of actors. Like many of THE OUTSIDERS alumni. The movie is about a spoiled rich kid who learns from his father that he has to pay for his own college tuition. Not one to spend the next few years of his life paying his way into one of the biggest university's in the country, C. Thomas Howell does the next best thing besides winning the lottery. He pulls off one the biggest scams in history. Conning the people at Harvard (and the paying audience) into believing he's a Black man.
Well the dude pulls of the scam (defying realism and logic) and lives like a "Black" man for awhile. But this lame knock-off of BLACK LIKE ME is bad (and not in the good way). He has to endure the usual racism and bigotry from the while folks. Good times of a free ride in college don't last long. He's outed by some acquaintances and he soon he brought up on fraud charges. This movie tries to get the audience to learn a lesson about acceptance and tolerance. Even though they try to beat the viewers over the head with an empty message, it falls flat. Just another bad movie that derails the young C. Thomas Howell's acting career. Followed (sort of ) by Far Out Man.
The movie has quite a few heavy hitters in this one. Julia Louise-Dreyfus, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, (eighties stalwart Ayre Gross) and Rae Dawn Chong (Tommy's little girl).
Not recommended unless you're a fan of 80's films.
Well the dude pulls of the scam (defying realism and logic) and lives like a "Black" man for awhile. But this lame knock-off of BLACK LIKE ME is bad (and not in the good way). He has to endure the usual racism and bigotry from the while folks. Good times of a free ride in college don't last long. He's outed by some acquaintances and he soon he brought up on fraud charges. This movie tries to get the audience to learn a lesson about acceptance and tolerance. Even though they try to beat the viewers over the head with an empty message, it falls flat. Just another bad movie that derails the young C. Thomas Howell's acting career. Followed (sort of ) by Far Out Man.
The movie has quite a few heavy hitters in this one. Julia Louise-Dreyfus, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, (eighties stalwart Ayre Gross) and Rae Dawn Chong (Tommy's little girl).
Not recommended unless you're a fan of 80's films.