Rating: - A Classic!
This is a pure classic. Comedy gold. Everyone is at the top of their game in it, James Earl Jones C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, a pre-Seinfeld Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The commentary by Steve Miner and C. Thomas Howell is cool and informative. They are bewildered at all the controversy this film caused, and so am I. Because in the 80's, I never heard any controversy about this film, because I was a kid, enjoying it. Anyone that says this film is racist is ignorant, or has no sense of humor. I wager both. This film pokes fun at stereotypes. Have fun with it. The more you make it taboo, the greater the backlash will be. Like I said, this is a classic. The 80's was the best decade ever.
Rating: - Typical Hollywood Race film
As of this writing I am watching this on HD. Back in the day when this came on cable, I thought that it was foolish because the guy looked more like an Indian(black toom but Asian) than a regular African-American. Seeing it on HD, you see that the make up looks even worse.
This is you typical film in Hollywood designed to not only make fun of black by pretending to teach whites how they feel subconciously about blacks, but it is also an overtly racist film by trying show that a white man was shut out of an education by a mandatory black quota. They don't fool me. This is typical racism in film in the 1980's. Only After Spike Lee made it big did things begin to change. No more "N" words(without a black in the film), no more black or "soul brother" jokes, no more black women wh want to sex white guys(they never show the black guys sexing black women of course...) and no more idiot films such as these. This film has ALL of the black stereotypes in the book, not excluding the black basketball specialist. You know, kind of what you see in commercials today! A black man in sports. While the forcefullness these types of films has changed, the images are still here today, just disguised to make black people think that they are looking cool and being recognized. Blacks in Hollywood are only being recognized for sports, music, dance and all out foolishness.
Looking at it today, it seems totally foolish. It is worth watching just to see it, but as with most films, this is designed to brainwash the audience. Not for the postive of blacks, but for the subliminal "reverse racism" story. Every film has a messege and this film's messege is that black mave experience racism, but they get over and hurt white people in the end.
Rating: - Being Black Has Never Been Funnier
C. Thomas Howell...where have u gone? In this brilliant dramedy Howell plays Mark Watson...an overachieving law student who overdoses on tanning pills in order to earn a scholarship into Harvard...as, get this, a negro! thats right, jheri curl and all watson plays it so well he even fools his best friend and sends him falling off the end of the pier in a hilarious jogging scene. this movie shows that its truly wise to never give up but rather to get down. there is even talk of hypodermic needles and watermelon...the film has it all...id say this is the best movie about a white guy who pretends to be black to get into law school EVER made!
Rating: - very good work
i was watching vh1 and saw a clip of this movie i rented it the next day ever since i been hooked you know this show the world how people really think i was nine years old when this movie come out i give c.thomas howell 5 stars four trying to be black it was 1986 and you know what things will never be the same again i watch this movie and i feel good al over it has so many inspirational parts i wish we could go back to the eighties so many good movies to be made. it makes you feel so warm .its not at all racist we need more movies like this today its a real movie not fake.i hate people that always saw things are racist and thomas howell you the man good job bro
Rating: - Master OF The Rare LASEDISCS Movies.
I have SOUL MAN on Laserdisc,'tis a wonderful Movie A MUST SEE :)
- A Classic!
- Typical Hollywood Race film