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Is this for kids or adults? The film dives into some very deep subjects about death and the afterlife. It has charm and wit but it wasn't a film that held my interest. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey did an outstanding job but I was left wanting more from the two leads. I wouldn't be surprised if a sequel is in the works right now. If they did make sequel, I would give a chance despite my feelings about the current film. Writing a one star review about this animated film is difficult because several people will disagree. However, it's my opinion and I'm allowed to rate it as I see fit.

The movie Soul is empty and flat. 1/10 I will probably not see it again. Joe is a likable character and 22 is everything that I imagine my unearthed soul being. But as much as Joe can be liked he is a single note held together by his loved for jazz, untethered to the land of the living and forgotten by the land of the metaphysical realm. After all, to the Jerrys he is just a missed count. I would have loved for the movie to have included a conversation between Joe and his dad as Joe ascends the escalator to the other realm. A simple reaffirmation that Joe should keep on living would have added a bit of depth to the movie. But there is nothing calling for Joe from either side. On Earth, Joe has his mother. But Joe's mom is strong and independent, the need for her son is only based one her love for him and her hopes to stabilize his life. She has a life to live, with or without her son. I wished the movie made their love more concrete. For one, what mom leaves their son return to their daily routine after recovering from a coma? I know for a fact that my mother would have not slept a minute and would have never left my side for months after. Joe has no person on Earth that he needs to live for. No love interest, no children, no real purpose. I wished the movie would have given him a purpose in his love for his mother, his desire to teach, his lover, anything. But no. The movie just makes his purpose his love for Jazz, the Jazz that gladly replaces him when he fails to appear for his big break. Joe is replaceable, forgettable, and easily removed from the land of the living. In the metaphysical realm, Joe is also out of luck. The movie has no desire to welcome Joe to the land of the dead. I, myself, have a couple people up there that would probably encourage me to keep living (a few that may be too excited to welcome me, as well); so, the movie missed a moving moment in which Dad could have talked to Joe and lead him to find his real purpose. Or maybe Dad could have encouraged Joe to join him and to let go of Earth and Joe would have to make the choice of saying goodbye to his dad once more. Either way, it was a huge missed opportunity by the movie. And finally, did they seriously equate the desire to live to eating a slice of pizza?

The title leads you to think "huh it must be a deep movie" but IT ISN'T, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO... The storyline is boring and the structure of all those fictional dimensions is very chaotic.. For me it was like listening to crazy characters blabbering on and on.. They made absolutely no sense.. It's a disappointing movie for people who love meaningful stories and ideas...

Disney/Pixar needs to stick to lighthearted comedy's with youthful exuberance. Their attempt to "connect" with the "average Joe" resulted in missing both youth and adults. Too deep and boring for kids and too assumptive and overreaching for most adults. It neither teaches nor entertains. Some may find beauty in having no purpose or comfort in no eternity but for the rest of us this movie was a big fat fail.

I know I'm in the minority here, but this movie is a mess. The story is all over the place. I absolutely hated it. Hope you enjoy it, but I didn't.

I really expected to love this movie. But 20 minutes in and I wanted to turn it off. I kept going because the reviews promised it would be good.

The story was confusing at times and ultimately fell flat. Even the music wasn't very good. You'd think that since the movie centered around jazz, the music would be beautiful and moving. It wasn't. And the characters just weren't very interesting.

While the overall message was positive, there was no "meat" to it. I had thought there would've been a bigger message... like Joe discovering (or remembering) that his true calling was teaching. And realizing the joy he feels everyday by giving the gift of music to kids. But that never came unfortunately. Overall, the movie was just a big disappointment.

Not that great at all, don't know how this got a 8.0 rating it's to high. The story was very standard more cheap, so was the "life lesson". Like they were in a rush to put this movie together and didn't care how bad the story was as long as the movie got finished," the main character is flat, not likeable at all not in the beginning not in the end! And there's no point in this movie so ultimately a waste of your time.

I had the unfortunate opportunity to watch "Soul" last night, and I came away with one single positive of the entire droll and uninteresting film...the all too little jazz music that was presented.

The rest of the film simply came away as a reworking of "In and Out," which I also found to be unfunny, boring, cliched and altogether awful.

The advertising that Disney put out for this movie made it look great. The reality was just the opposite as the Studio used all of the "best" parts in the trailer.

My advice...avoid watching "Soul" so that you don't find that you just wasted two hours of your life on absolute drivel.

Way overrated, it is boring and I got sleepy while watching it. I was expecting something very good but it was simply one of the worst animations that I've ever watched. The only interesting character is the cat which we don't see much of. And once again they have used black people in uninteresting movies to get undeserved credits which has gotten too common lately. Companies better use stronger and more interesting stories instead of using character's race for gaining more audience and undeserved scores. Now to be fair this movie deserves more than 1 star, but since it's overrated i give it 1 star. Normally I'd give it 2 stars.

Pixar obviously got over-confident after getting it so right with Inside Out. But the afterlife? Yikes, what were they thinking! Their view of what could be beyond this life is so unnappealing and simplistic it had me wanting to stop 20 minutes in. I also have to echo other reviews here that there is no story here that a child would want to follow, something Pixar usually does so well and is really at the heart of all of their films. They were on the money with Inside Out because it was based around personality and love, things that we all have tangible relationships with and can confirm how accurate their interpretation was. But wow, Soul is a huge wizz in the wind with some downright juvenile conceptions of what could be beyond this life. And all that just to make the point of 'appreciating the little things', the jazz movie I thought I was getting would have been a much better vehicle for that. Stick to this world Pixar.

What is this movie trying to tell us anyway, except that we should leg go of our aspirations and enjoy everyday life as it is? This to me sounds like an attempt to comfort the mediocre and the self-pity losers. Personally, I can't imagine anything more enjoyable in life than making a great achievement. The tone of this movie is clearly suggesting otherwise, since the main character suddenly felt hollow soon after he achieved the greatest feat in his life.

Its definitely not something we should teach the kids. I believe that most parents want their kids to be great, instead of being content with their ordinary lives. The message of this movie only discourages the kids from trying to reach higher (for a truely inspiring movie, I would suggest Whiplash). In another sense, the message itself is highly subversive. If everyone is occupied with enjoying "every moment of their ordinary life", who is to achieve greatness and advance human progress?

SO BORING! The perfect movie for me to fall asleep to. The story was bad, and we can't forget how boring the character's personalities were. The only part I liked about the movie was how New York City was shown, and.. what else? I don't know, there isn't much to like about this movie. This was the movie that we waited for Christmas in 2020? If anything, all Pixar did was make its viewers fall asleep early and longer on Christmas. This movie has so many problems and flaws with it that if they were to make a sequel, I hope they can improve, but so far, they won't. If I ever struggle to fall asleep, I'll make sure to watch this snooze fest.

I love the Disney short films. I recommend you watch those instead. This movie got nothing right. It themes a bloody Soul. And it leaves you cold. Zero points. They nailed nothing about a "soul." If they did, this movie would at least feel a little bit right. And the branding confuses kids. I was so full a hope in 2020 because Disney (!) was going to show me souls. Disney! Inventor of Marvel and Captain America! Kind of. Well, the makers of this movie don't understand what a 'soul' is. Not one aspect. Nailing just one aspect about a 'soul' would have sufficed to elevate this movie above 'nothing.'