Soul Movie Review

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This is from the movie. It shows 22, played by Tina Fey and Joe Gardener, played by Jamie Foxx.

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The movie Soul is about a man named Joe Gardner who falls down a manhole. Gardener is played by Jamie Foxx and is a middle school band teacher who is in love with Jazz. He spent his whole life trying to find a gig and become famous. He wanted to make his mark on the world before he leaves. 

One day he gets a call from a former student of his by the name of Lamont Baker, nicknamed Curly, who is played by Ahmir Khalib Thompson. Curly tells Joe that there’s an opportunity for him to play with Dorothea Williams, who is a saxophone player in a popular quartet. 

He goes to practice with Dorothea Williams’ Quartet. As they start to practice, Joe enters what they call the ‘Zone.’ As he zones out, his playing skills improve showing how talented he really is.

Leaving the venue, he falls into the manhole. Joe presumably dies due to this and enters the crossing-over phase. The animated phases are great! They managed to show a new, non-religious version of  ‘going into the light’ which is also family-friendly. 

People from all throughout the world are included in these scenes. Different languages are even utilized as Joe runs away from the light. Since Joe ran away from death, he shifted the count.

They have a lot of funny and appropriate jokes in the movie.  The best joke while in the animated phase is, “Can’t Crush A Soul Here, That’s What Life On Earth Is For!”

In the animated sections, they also explain how people get their personality traits. They have baby souls go through different pavilions that have different personality traits which is how Joe meets 22.  

The rest of the movie consists of Joe and 22 trying to help Joe get back to his body on Earth and helping 22 find out what their passion and personality traits are meant to be.

Soul is a heartwarming and funny movie to watch with your family. Find the movie on Disney+ to stream for your streaming pleasure.