Soul Man

2012 • 105 minutes

About this movie

Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) has been accepted to Harvard Law School, but his dreams are dashed when his parents withdraw financial support. In desperation, Mark chemically darkens his skin and wins a full scholarship intended for black students. What results is a series of comic misadventures including romantic entanglements that explode stereotypes. Suddenly, in a bout with his conscience, he learns that his clever trick denied a far more deserving student a scholarship. On his day of reckoning, Mark makes restitution and leaves everyone in the school a little changed by the experience. James Earl Jones, Rae Dawn Chong, Leslie Nielsen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this outrageous comedy.

Ratings and reviews

I swear, I watch this movie each time and it jas me in tears. C Thomas Howell is an amazing actor and I recommend this comedy to everyone who enjoys a good laugh.

The movie is about a guy trying to stay in college but did not have the money to stay so he came up with and idea to sign up for school and to impose himself as a black guy because black have scholarships in sports its real funny you have to see the movie I can't explain all of it.

This was wrong back then and it's wrong now too. To the races people defending this movie, Shame on you!