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Soul Men Review

In the span of two days I saw both of Bernie Mac's final performances, and having spoken to the late comedian on a number of occasions for at least one film which I felt was more deserving of praise than it received (Mr. 3000), it's disappointing to think that the last impression audiences have of him might be either Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa or Soul Men. Mind you, Mac doesn't necessarily deserve the lion's share (no pun intended) of the blame for either film's failure, but at least in the case of Soul Men, where he serves as one of the story's leads, he reminds audiences that he was an artist who was far better than the material he often took on... even if he always committed fully to making it as good as it could possibly be.
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