And Joe has the experience of viewing all his relationships to people from an outsider’s perspective. Along the way, 22 falls in love with having a body, experiencing everything like a child, for the first time-tasting a slice of pizza, hearing a subway musician through Joe’s ears, watching sunlight filtered through the leaves of a maple tree. They escape the hospital into a number of adventures (played for all sorts of “body swap” humor), trying to get to that evening’s gig with Dorothea. They end up in the wrong bodies: 22 in Joe’s (formerly) comatose body, and Joe in a therapy cat on his lap. Moonwind, a New Age mystic, helps Joe return to earth, but 22 accidentally tags along. Joe tells her if they find her spark, he’ll go in her place and she’ll get to stay where she’s comfortable. Nothing, nothing interests her there is no spark. His mentee, a rebellious soul named 22, doesn’t want to go to earth.
His task is to help the soul find its “spark” (never defined, but it’s hinted that it’s a life passion). He poses as a “mentor,” a departed soul tasked with prepping these baby souls for life on earth. He stumbles into the “Great Before” where preexistent baby souls are given personalities. Finding his soul (a fuzzy blue essence-of-Joe) waiting in line for the “Great Beyond” (a shining ball of light), he tries to find a way back to earth. Sharing the good news via cell phone while walking, he falls to his death (or at least, to a coma) through an open manhole. He auditions, impresses, gets the spot, and goes home elated. He gets his chance when a former student, now a big-time jazz drummer, tells him respected saxophonist Dorothea Williams needs a pianist. Joe really wants to gig, to perform with the best.
He’s a frustrated jazz pianist stuck teaching middle school band. Soul opens with Joe Gardner in New York City. To properly understand the challenge of Soul, we need to get the story straight.
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Not that these concerns are unimportant, but the real challenge of the movie runs far deeper: What is the purpose of life? What makes life worth living? The Story Don’t be distracted by the details about how the afterlife (or before-life) is portrayed. Not everything on Disney+ is for children (e.g. Finally, there are scenes (with “lost souls”) toward the end of the movie that are dark and too intense for small children. They apply to older teens and twentysomethings. As we’ll see, it’s a lot more involved than “Woody and the toys have to go on an adventure to rescue Buzz!” Further, the life questions it wrestles with simply don’t apply to younger kids. Rather, its plot is complicated and likely to confuse younger viewers. Not because the movie contains sex or violence it doesn’t. I would not recommend this movie for kids under 13. First, let’s get two misconceptions out of the way:ġ.
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