Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 73% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Soul Man easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Soul Man end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Soul Man

Name: Soul Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Melora Hardin

He didn't give up, he got down.

Directed by Steve Miner

Produced by The Steve Tisch Company

1986104 min5.3 / 10

A comedy-driven satire about privilege and racial identity that uses deception and fish-out-of-water humor to explore what it means to experience discrimination firsthand.

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.

Clusters

Anti-Establishment Comedies Buddy Comedy Adventures Comedic Heist Movies Comedy That Turns Sharp American City Movies

Genres

Comedy

Keywords

Scholarship Secret Identity Harvard University College Los Angeles, California

Questions people ask

Is Soul Man violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Soul Man sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Soul Man easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Soul Man scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
Does Soul Man end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.