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(1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 27% Rotten Page   1   3/5 "a fitting accolade to a fallen funnyman"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron 1.5/4 "Cannibalizes both the Stax/Motown era of soul music and the shopworn road movie with an equal lack of freshness."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber C+ "A funny picture, just not a consistent one, starting Bernie Mac's good-bye tour on a delightfully rowdy note, while reminding the viewer that as hilarious a man as he was, Mac had lousy taste in screenplays."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf A- "Bernie Mac's last film before his untimely death is a let-it-rip irreverent comedy invested with Bernie's trademark brand of earthy humor."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac look positively pained when they squeeze into Pip-like suits and begin to sing."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1.5/5 "The filmmakers chose to go too often to the well, I mean the toilet, for inspiration."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "Fans of Bernie Mac won't want to miss his final screen performance. Everyone else need not bother."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 0/4 "If the Weinsteins had any soul themselves they would take this film and bury it along with every other film they seem to these days instead of trying to cash it in as some misbegotten tribute to Bernie Mac's legacy."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Bernie Mac's death doesn't make Soul Men any better, but it may make it worth seeing."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2.5/4 "Awkwardly sentimental but nevertheless sharply spry in song and sass, Lee's acid-tongued Soul Men certainly have something to sing about."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D+ "Crude and unfunny...less fitting tribute than major disappointment."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "A combination road movie, musical excursion, and comedy is marred by the tedious bickering of the two lead characters."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "No one could accuse Soul Men of originality -- it cribs liberally from countless buddy films and road movies -- but it offers enough energy and humor to overcome its shortcomings."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy "Considering the canvas the story provides, and the richness of the tradition it taps into, the amount and quality of the music is pretty disappointing."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 1.5/5 "what else would you expect from the director that gave us this February's pinnacle of cinema tripe, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins?"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C+ "Anyone who had affection for the late Bernie Mac would have a hard time not enjoying his last performance, no matter how cliched and trite this buddy road movie is."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "It'd be a step up if we could call this a poor Odd Couple knockoff, but it's not even that good: it's more like a juvenile grossout comedy for oldsters..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Are there two other actors who are able to utter the word 'motherf**ker' with such forceful comic authority? I think not."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina C+ "Too many of the jokes rely on bad language and gratuitously outrageous behavior. Jackson and Mac have moments together that add some fun and even a little bit of soul."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1/5 "This is not just one of the worst movies of the year (which it would have been whether Mac and Hayes were still alive or not) but one of the most depressing movie-related experiences that I can recall having in a long time."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/4 "'Soul Men' is not only a tribute to Mac and Hayes, but the film is also funny, often outrageously crude, and pleasurable."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 27% Rotten Page   1