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Soul

  • 2020
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
408K
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Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
Life is full of possibilities, you just have to know where to look. Watch the new trailer for Disney and Pixar's Soul, streaming this Christmas only on Disney+.
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Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he so... Read allJoe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

  • Directors
    • Pete Docter
    • Kemp Powers
  • Writers
    • Pete Docter
    • Mike Jones
    • Kemp Powers
  • Stars
    • Jamie Foxx
    • Tina Fey
    • Graham Norton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    408K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,590
    256
    • Directors
      • Pete Docter
      • Kemp Powers
    • Writers
      • Pete Docter
      • Mike Jones
      • Kemp Powers
    • Stars
      • Jamie Foxx
      • Tina Fey
      • Graham Norton
    • 1.8KUser reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 126 wins & 95 nominations total

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    Jamie Foxx
    Jamie Foxx
    • Joe
    • (voice)
    Tina Fey
    Tina Fey
    • 22
    • (voice)
    Graham Norton
    Graham Norton
    • Moonwind
    • (voice)
    Rachel House
    Rachel House
    • Terry
    • (voice)
    Alice Braga
    Alice Braga
    • Counselor Jerry
    • (voice)
    Richard Ayoade
    Richard Ayoade
    • Counselor Jerry
    • (voice)
    Phylicia Rashad
    Phylicia Rashad
    • Libba
    • (voice)
    Donnell Rawlings
    Donnell Rawlings
    • Dez
    • (voice)
    Questlove
    Questlove
    • Curley
    • (voice)
    • (as Ahmir-Khalib Thompson a.k.a. Questlove)
    Angela Bassett
    Angela Bassett
    • Dorothea
    • (voice)
    Cora Champommier
    • Connie
    • (voice)
    Margo Hall
    Margo Hall
    • Melba
    • (voice)
    Daveed Diggs
    Daveed Diggs
    • Paul
    • (voice)
    Rhodessa Jones
    • Lulu
    • (voice)
    Wes Studi
    Wes Studi
    • Counselor Jerry
    • (voice)
    Sakina Jaffrey
    Sakina Jaffrey
    • Doctor
    • (voice)
    Fortune Feimster
    Fortune Feimster
    • Counselor Jerry
    • (voice)
    Calum Grant
    • Hedge Fund Manager
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Pete Docter
      • Kemp Powers
    • Writers
      • Pete Docter
      • Mike Jones
      • Kemp Powers
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    User reviews1.8K

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    7tmpsvita

    Artistically it's a masterpiece, narratively it's a really good one it just needed more time

    Artistically it's a masterpiece without no doubt, it's incredibly inventive like most of the Pixar movies and deeply poetic like just their greatest ones. It manages to use the animation to create and rationalize images, worlds, characters and concepts so complicated and imaginative that usually can only find their form inside minds. But at the same time narratively it feels rushed and this makes it hard to be involved, moved and you find yourself detached; so many aspects about the main character, the dimensions he cross and about the philosophy behind them and the main story needed more attention, a more elaborated development, especially in the first half where the movie don't find the right rhythm running and running without a breath, a beautiful, essential breath. Maybe it just needs to be watched a second time or even more to be fully appreciated. Still it really is a good movie, even a masterpiece under some aspects as already mantioned, but it could have been a masterpiece under every aspect if it lasted longer. It had so much to say and too little time to do it.
    10nigel-arifin

    Another Pixar's classic

    It's another Pixar's classic, Pete Docter is able to bring another Pixar's classic on to the table. This movie reaches a standard of what Pixar's movie should be, and it definitely will win 2021 best animated features Oscar.

    Personally, I like that Soul has constant comedy bit from beginning till the end. Big props to all animators and artists working on this project, the character designs are very unique and I've never seen New York city so alive and as detailed as in this movie.
    9Xstal

    Life Affirming, Every Minute of it...

    There are times during the first quarter when you may believe someone's spiked your drink with an hallucinogenic as Disney's innovative way of capturing our entrance and exit to the world is developed but, as you will find, this is a film to get you thinking and, more importantly, thinking about yourself - reflecting so to speak. Delivered with the usual Pixar excellence, if this doesn't make you realise that tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life then rewind, pause and start again, because the message is universally important to all - and that includes you!!!
    10SethaWhenTheWallsFell

    Soul might be Pixar's most grown up film yet.

    While I found myself thoroughly engrossed while watching this movie a funny thing happened around the half way point. I realized I hadn't laughed once. Sure I had smiled a few times at the low key humor but never was a joke thrown in my face that seemed like it was just thrown in there to make sure the film didn't lose the kiddos. Admittedly Pixar doesn't usually go out of its way to ensure kids laughing every second but this film REALLY doesn't have that on it's mind.

    This is a lovely story about a grown man discovering his true gifts in life and it left a big smile on my face. A very sweet and inventive film that will hopefully leave most of us adults with something to think about when the credits role.
    10TheRealistMax

    Moved Me To Tears

    I can't put into words how close to home this movie hit for me. Not to sound pretentious, but it's more than a movie - it's a life lesson on how to live. It'll teach you that life isn't about careers, goals, passions, or achievements. It's about living, right here in this moment, exactly where you are.

    The voice acting, animation, soundtrack, writing - all phenomenal. It is officially the greatest Pixar movie ever created in my book. Kids will enjoy it, but this one is for the older crowd. It's for anyone who's ever felt like their life has been a waste. That they've made too many mistakes, that they should have done something else, that it's too late to live. 10/10

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Pixar chose to portray the film's main character as a musician, because they wanted a "profession the audience could root for," and settled for a musician after trying for a scientist, which "[didn't feel] so naturally pure as a musician's life." Pete Docter described Soul as "an exploration of: Where should your focus be? What are the things that, at the end of the day, are really going to be the important things that you look back on and go, 'I spent a worthy amount of my limited time on Earth worrying or focused on that'?"
    • Goofs
      (at around 37 mins) When Joe gets into the cat soul they wonder what happened to its actual soul. It is then showed that the cat's soul is on its way to the beyond, implying the cat died. When Joe gets his body back the cat is seen alive and well (at around 1h 12 mins), which makes no sense since the cat is dead. However, cats have nine lives.
    • Quotes

      Dorothea: What's wrong, Teach?

      Joe: It's just I've been waiting on this day for... my entire life. I thought I'd feel different.

      Dorothea: [beat] I heard this story about a fish. He swims up to this older fish and says, "I'm trying to find this thing they call the ocean." "The ocean?" says the older fish. "That's what you're in right now." "This?" says the young fish. "This is water. What I want is the ocean."

      [Joe just stares, bewildered]

      Dorothea: See you tomorrow.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a dedication in the closing credits: "Dedicated to all the mentors in our lives."
    • Alternate versions
      The movie's Disney+ release adds the Disney+ Original logo at the beginning.
    • Connections
      Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Trolls: Infinity Strings (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Things Ain't What They Used to Be
      (Instrumental)

      Written by Mercer Ellington

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 29, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Korean
      • Inuktitut
    • Also known as
      • Душевни свет
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Pixar Animation Studios
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $946,154
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $431,840
      • Jan 14, 2024
    • Gross worldwide
      • $121,977,511
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • 12-Track Digital Sound
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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