My review of Pixar's Soul

 My review of Pixar's Soul 

 

Intro: A Pixar movie without a short that can't be good. 

Pixar's Soul: This movie is centered on a middle-aged musician teacher name Joe who wants to play professional Jazz. He gets his chance to play with a jazz band but that becomes difficult when he's in a coma due to him falling into a manhole and his soul is in limbo. So, Joe has to figure out how to get his soul back to his body.

This is one of Pixar's most ambitious films! The movie deals with the concept of souls as far as how do souls play a role into who we become? The body-switching gimmick worked fine in this movie however it's hard to make it funny without it feeling cliche. I'm glad that the movie doesn't spend most of the time in the soul world because that would have been distracting. The CGI in the movie is good but not outstanding. The themes in the movie are passion vs obsession, your passion can turn into an obsession. This is relevant today considering what's going on in the world plus it's easy to be obsessed with something you're passionate about if you're not good at it or fail to realize that you're good at other things.  

I don't have much to say about Joe beyond his love for Jazz and he isn't happy with his life.  

22 is a soul who has no interest in living a life for understandable reasons. I wish this character has a knowledge vs experience dynamic with Joe. Also, this movie did something to undermine his or her credibility.      

One of the problems with this movie is that it can be too much for kids and make them testy if parents don't talk to them about it. The movie set up plot points that I wish got more focus because that would help the movie. The themes could have been done better if the movie explored them more. Is it me or does the designs of the souls in this movie look like candy? 

Overall, this is the only film I enjoy seeing this year that isn't saying much. I would recommend this if you like coco and inside out. 

 

Rating = Worth Seeing