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Soul (2020 film)

May 28, 2023

Soul is a 2020 American computer-animated drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers, who co-wrote it with Mike Jones, and produced by Dana Murray. It stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, and Angela Bassett. The story follows a pianist, Joe Gardner (Foxx), who falls into a manhole, by an accident, before his big break as a jazz musician and seeks to reunite his separated soul and body.

Soul
Release poster
Directed byPete Docter
Written by
Produced byDana Murray
Starring
Cinematography
  • Matt Aspbury
  • Ian Megibben
Edited byKevin Nolting
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) (BFI Fest)
  • December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million
Box office$121 million

Docter conceived Soul in January 2016, examining the origins of human personalities and the concept of determinism. He pitched the idea about spacetime involving souls with personalities, during his first meeting with Jones. The film's producers consulted various jazz musicians, including Herbie Hancock and Terri Lyne Carrington, and animated its musical sequences using the sessions of musician Jon Batiste as a reference. Apart from Batiste's original jazz compositions, musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film's score. Production on Soul lasted for four years on an approximate $150 million budget. This was the first Pixar film to feature a black lead.

Soul premiered at the London Film Festival on October 11, 2020, and was scheduled to be theatrically released on June 19 and November 20. However, the feature was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soul was released direct-to-streaming on Disney+ on December 25, 2020 (alongside the SparkShort known as Burrow), and in theaters in countries without the streaming service. Soul was well-received by critics for its craftsmanship, story, characters, themes, ideas, sound design, creativity, emotional weight and musical score. Organizations like the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute named the film as one of the top ten films of 2020. Soul was nominated for three awards at the 93rd Academy Awards, winning two, and received numerous other accolades.

Plot

In New York City, pianist Joe Gardner teaches music part-time at a middle school while dreaming of playing jazz professionally. When he receives an offer for a full-time teaching position, his mother Libba urges him to accept it. Joe learns famous jazz musician Dorothea Williams has an opening in her quartet and auditions at a jazz club. Impressed with Joe's piano playing, Dorothea hires him for that night's show. As Joe heads off, his excitement distracts him, and he falls into a manhole down the sewer drain.

Joe finds himself as a disembodied soul heading into an afterlife dubbed the "Great Beyond". Unwilling to die, he tries to escape but ends up in the "Great Before" — a realm where souls gain personalities and interests before being born on Earth. In the Great Before, counselors — all named Jerry — prepare unborn souls for life with the help of mentor souls. Each soul has a badge that grants passage to Earth, once the badge is completely filled with personality traits. Mistaken for a mentor, Joe is assigned to train a soul named 22, who wants to avoid Earth. 22 discovers that Joe's physical body is hospitalized and in a coma. She agrees to let Joe help find her "spark" — a soul's personal passion — to complete her badge so he can use it to return home. After Joe fails to find 22 a spark, they visit "the zone", a place that souls enter when their passions create a euphoric trance, but becomes a trap for obsessed, lost souls. They meet Moonwind—a galleon captain—who helps the duo locate Joe's body on Earth.

Joe returns to Earth but accidentally carries 22 with him. They mistakenly enter the wrong bodies — with 22 inhabiting Joe's body and Joe inhabiting the body of a therapy cat. They find Moonwind, who agrees to meet at the jazz club to restore Joe to his body. In the meantime, 22 settles into Joe's body and enjoys small moments while interacting with Joe's peers. She holds poignant conversations with his student Connie, his barber Dez, and mother. Meanwhile, Terry, being in charge of counting souls, arrives on Earth to find Joe and restore the count.

As the day ends, Joe and 22 visit Moonwind to return Joe to his body. After Joe tells 22 that her experiences were not purposes, 22 refuses and flees to find her spark with Joe tailing behind. As they run through a subway station, Terry traps them both and brings them back to the Great Before. 22 realizes her badge is filled out, yet Joe insists it was because of his traits, and that she has not truly found her spark. Angry, 22 throws the badge at him and disappears into the zone. A Jerry informs Joe that a spark is not a soul's purpose in life, but Joe refuses to believe this and uses 22's badge to return to Earth.

The show at the jazz club is successful, but Joe is upset at his unchanged life even after fulfilling his dream. Looking at objects that 22 collected while in his body, he recalls the moments they had enjoyed together. Joe realizes these experiences have given 22 her spark. By playing piano, he enters the zone with the intent to return her badge, but discovers that she has become a lost soul. He chases her down, showing her a sycamore seed she collected to remind her of her time on Earth. They realize that a spark is not a soul's purpose, but indicates an intention to live. Joe's actions restore 22 to normal, returning her badge and escorting her out of the Great Before for her journey to Earth.

As Joe prepares to enter the Great Beyond, a Jerry stops him and offers another chance at life for finally inspiring 22 to live. Joe returns to his body on Earth, and starts the next day committed to enjoying life.

Voice cast

 
 
Jamie Foxx (left) in 2013 and Tina Fey in 2014. They voiced Joe Gardner and 22, respectively.

Additionally, Daveed Diggs plays Paul, Joe's neighborhood frenemy;[2][7] Cora Champommier plays Connie, one of Joe's middle school band students; Margo Hall and Rhodessa Jones play Melba and Lulu, Libba's co-workers;[10] June Squibb plays Gerel, a soul who meets Joe before going to the Great Beyond;[4] and Esther Chae is credited with playing Miho, a bassist in Williams' band, but Miho has no lines in the final film.[11][12] Cody Chesnutt provides his vocals, from his song "Parting Ways", as a street singer with a guitar.[13]

Sakina Jaffrey, Calum Grant, Laura Mooney, Peggy Flood, Ochuwa Oghie, Jeannie Tirado, and Cathy Cavadini provide the voices of Doctor, Hedge Fund Manager, Therapy Cat Lady, Marge, Dancerstar, Principal Arroyo, and Dreamerwind.[10]

Production

Development and writing

 
Director Pete Docter in 2009

Soul began development in January 2016, when director Pete Docter sought new creative directions during the announcement of the 88th Academy Awards.[14][15] He pondered the origins of human personalities with the concept of determinism. In his first meeting with co-writer Mike Jones, Docter pitched an idea set in spacetime involving souls with personalities.[16] The film spent four years in production,[17] with an approximate $150 million budget.[18]

Docter and Jones worked on the development of the main character for about two years.[16] Initial ideas included portraying Joe as a scientist, which did not feel "so naturally pure". Pixar eventually settled on portraying the film's main character as a musician because they wanted an appealing profession for the audience. According to Docter, once the creative team decided the main character played jazz music, the filmmakers chose to make him African-American due to the race being tied to jazz history.[19][20]

With co-writer Kemp Powers's help, Docter wrote Joe during the film's early development. Powers's initial contract was 12-weeks long, but was later extended.[16] After making extensive contributions to the film, Powers became a co-director, making him Pixar's first African-American co-director.[20] Powers based several elements of Joe on his personal life, but wanted the character to "transcend [his] own experience" in order to make him more accessible.[19] Powers also placed additional emphasis on authentically depicting Joe's relationships within the black community.[21] In order to portray accurately African-American culture within the film, Pixar worked closely with an internal "Cultural Trust" composed of black Pixar employees, and hired several consultants. These consultants included musicians Herbie Hancock, Terri Lyne Carrington, Quincy Jones, and Jon Batiste; educator Johnnetta Cole; and stars Questlove and Diggs.

The idea of Joe's soul entering the body of a therapy cat came from Jones. Docter and Powers appreciated the idea, as it allowed Joe to "be able to look at his own life from a different perspective" and appreciate it. According to Murray, the filmmakers were undecided on Soul's ending before the last screening. Some test versions of the film ended featuring Joe pondering whether to pass on to the Great Beyond; returning to Earth a year later; or staying in the Great Before as a mentor. Initial storyboards featured several brief scenes showing 22's life on Earth after her new birth, including one of her reuniting with Joe in New York. These scenes were ultimately discarded.[22]

Casting

In August 2019, it was announced that Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad and Daveed Diggs had joined the cast.[2][7] In March 2020, Angela Bassett announced she was cast in the film. During the release of the film's trailer in October 2020, Richard Ayoade, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Fortune Feimster, Zenobia Shroff, Donnell Rawlings and June Squibb were also announced to be in the cast.[4]

Docter said Jamie Foxx (himself a classically trained pianist) was perfect for Joe, citing his comedic skills and musical background.[18] Foxx related the film's "bittersweet [feeling] of losing someone but gaining a vision of joy", following the death of his 36-year-old sister in October 2020.[23][24]

Tina Fey, in addition to voicing 22, also contributed to the screenplay, helping to write her character's lines.[25] She considered the film, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a "helpful reminder that [life] isn't defined by achievement or attainment".[23]

Animation and design

Soul is Pixar's first film to feature an African-American protagonist.[26] Pixar and Docter were mindful of the history of racist imagery (particularly caricatured depictions of African-Americans) in animation and wanted to create black characters[16] as well as integrate authentic African-American culture into the film's "DNA" to prevent caricatures, stereotypes, and tropes.[27] Pixar sought to capture the fine details of the characters, including the textures of black hair and the way light plays on various tones of black skin.[16] According to Powers, the animators used lighting in emphasizing the character's ethnic features.[28] Cinematographer Bradford Young worked as a lighting consultant on the film.[28]

Animators used footage of several music performers, including Batiste, as reference for the film's musical sequences. By capturing MIDI data from the sessions, animators retraced the exact key being played on the piano with each note and animated the performances authentically. According to Docter, the animators assigned to specific musical instruments often either had experience playing them or a great appreciation for them.[28][29]

The souls were animated by the filmmakers in a "vaporous", "ethereal", and "non-physical" way. Souls were designed to depict various religious and cultural outlooks.[25] The designs were also inspired by early drawings made by Docter. Animators created two designs for the souls in the film: one for the new souls in "The Great Before" (described as "very cute, very appealing, with simple, rounded shapes" by supervising animator Jude Brownbill) and one for mentor souls (feature distinctive characteristics since they have been on Earth).[30] They differentiated souls from ghosts by adjusting their color palette accordingly.[31] Animating the souls' designs was challenging and substantial. According to Murray, several artists helped create the souls' designs by giving their suggestions and opinions on how they should look.[32]

The design of soul counselors ("Jerrys") originated from line drawings made by story artist Aphton Corbin. Another artist created wire sculptures of them, and the design was finalized.[31] Together, with the design of "Terry", they were seen by critics as a reference to Osvaldo Cavandoli's 1971 Italian animated series La Linea.[33][34][35]

Soul's fantastical elements were difficult to render. To address the issue, Docter referred to his film Inside Out (2015), where the filmmakers personified through physicality. For the Great Before, the filmmakers did not want it to be based in any specific culture given its nature of universality. They sought inspiration from the architecture of 1930s–1960s world's fairs, making a "sense of awe and importance".[36] Production designer Steve Pilcher believed in the simplicity of the Great Before, saying that it was complicated and naive.[18] According to Docter, the aim of the design was to "make a grand statement about learning and knowledge."[37] The personality pavilions were designed to be "abstract-looking shapes" as a literal interpretation of the abstract ideas they represent.[36] For the Great Beyond, the filmmakers conceptualized "going toward the light", which they believed the audience would understand.[31]

The astral plane sequence took months to create, despite the actual scene having a short duration. Visual effects supervisor Bill Watral compared the sequence to Psycho's (1960) shower scene, taking a long time to film in spite of the actual short time span. During this sequence, filmmakers painstakingly animated sands, liquids, and rocks for the brief sequence.[38]

To animate New York, the filmmakers explored jazz clubs and pizza stops for inspiration. A barbershop scene received additional input from Powers.[18] The animation style moved away from photorealism, depicting the city as distorted and crooked.[39]

Music

Main article: Soul (soundtrack)

Musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails composed an ambient score for the metaphysical segments of the film, while Batiste composed a number of original jazz songs for the New York City-based segments of the film.[40][41] Batiste created a "user-friendly jazz", which felt "authentic" but could still be appreciated by a general audience.[19][42] Ross composed a "somewhat ominous" musical cue in the afterlife walkway scene, which also incorporated real-world sounds.[18] Reznor and Ross were brought in on the recommendation of sound designer Ren Klyce, who had worked extensively with the duo in David Fincher films.[43]

The score and the original songs from Soul were released in two vinyl-exclusive albums, while also compiled onto a single digital album.[44][45] "It's All Right", the end credits song performed by Batiste, was originally recorded by The Impressions. A second cover of the song, a duet between Batiste and British soul singer Celeste, was released alongside the film.[46]

Release

Theatrical and streaming

The 101-minute[47] Soul premiered on October 11, 2020, at the BFI London Film Festival.[48] It was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 19,[49] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Soul was pushed back to November 20.[50] The film eventually shifted to a December 25 Disney+ release. Unlike Mulan, Soul did not do so through Disney+ Premier Access, making it free for all subscribers.[51]

In international markets where Disney+ was not available, Soul was released theatrically.[52] These included China,[53] the Philippines,[54][55] Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, among others.[56] The film was included in their lineups of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival[57] and the Rome Film Festival; it opened on October 15.[58] In theaters, Soul was intended to be accompanied by SparkShorts short film Burrow, but it premiered on Disney+ instead.[59] A prequel short to Soul was released in 2021, titled 22 vs. Earth. It focuses on 22 leading a rebellion against her superiors.[60]

Home media

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Soul on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on March 23, 2021. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, and deleted scenes.[61]

Reception

Box office

Soul earned $121 million in other territories.[62] The film grossed $7.65 million in its opening weekend in 10 markets, including $5.5 million from China.[63] By February 2021, Soul had become the highest-grossing Pixar release ever in Russia ($18.3 million), Ukraine ($1.9 million), and Saudi Arabia ($5.9 million). Its top international markets at that point were China ($57.9 million), Russia, South Korea ($14.8 million), Taiwan ($6.4 million), and Saudi Arabia.[64]

Streaming viewership

Following the release of Soul on Disney+, research firm Screen Engine reported that 13 percent of viewers watched the film, and it over-indexed among parents, particularly mothers. The company also said that Soul was among the most-watched straight-to-streaming titles of the year, behind Hamilton and Wonder Woman 1984.[65] On December 21–27, 2020, the film gathered 1.669 billion minutes of watch time, making it the number 1 streaming title that week.[66] Nielsen reported that Wonder Woman 1984, with 2.252 billion minutes of streaming on HBO Max, had surpassed Soul, with 1.7 billion minutes on Disney+, in streaming numbers on Christmas weekend.[67] Samba TV later reported that 2.4 million households streamed the film over its opening weekend.[68] Nielsen reported that Soul was the most streamed film across all platforms, during the week from January 4–10, 2021.[69]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Soul holds an approval rating of 95% based on 354 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A film as beautiful to contemplate as it is to behold, Soul proves Pixar's power to deliver outstanding all-ages entertainment remains undimmed."[70] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned Soul a score of 83 out of 100 based on 55 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[71]

Several journalists praised Soul for its craftsmanship,[72][73] which they saw as an exercise of Docter's expertise,[74][75] as the film was considered a return of Pixar's form by some critics.[76][77] Leslie Felperin (The Hollywood Reporter) and Jason Solomons (TheWrap) described the film as its peak, with Solomons characterized its "colorful visuals and gentle wisdom".[10][78] A. O. Scott of The New York Times expressed its "combination of skill, feeling and inspiration".[79]

The story, characters, and music were sources of praise. Kaleem Aftab of IndieWire felt the narrative "[veered] off in many unexpected directions, so that even the inevitable end point feels just right."[8] USA Today's Brian Truitt commended the performances of Foxx and Fey.[80] For Time Out Dubai, Whelan Barzey believed Joe's story could appeal to many generations.[81] Felperin and Peter Travers (ABC News) praised the musical score, calling it "sublime".[10][82] Truitt and Travers credited Batiste, Reznor, and Ross for their music merits.[80][82]

Reviews were not uniformly positive. Kirsten Acuna from Insider felt that "the studio had taken a few steps backward" in their racial "sensitivity" as Soul used the same trope of "turning Black characters into creatures".[83] Molly Freeman of Screen Rant acknowledged the film's "message about the meaning of life and finding purpose, but it's messy and only made muddier by the questions the movie sets up then fails to answer. The result is Soul loses much of its emotional impact, with the third act playing out more like a rush to the finish line of the story without giving as much weight to the themes and emotional throughline of the film."[84] Charles Pulliam-Moore of Gizmodo wrote that "Soul comes across less like an earnest and casual celebration of everyday Blackness, and more like a twee depiction of it that's meant for white audiences' consumption."[85]

Soul was included on a number of best-of lists. It was listed on many critics' top ten lists in 2020, ranking sixteenth.[86] Several publications have listed it as one of the best animated films, including: Parade and Complex (all 2021).[87][88]

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by Soul (2020 film)

At the 93rd Academy Awards, Soul received a nomination for Best Sound, and won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score.[89] The film's other nominations include ten Annie Awards (winning seven),[90] three British Academy Film Awards (winning two),[91] a Critics' Choice Movie Award (which it won),[92][93] and two Golden Globe Awards (winning both).[94][95] It was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review (where it also won Best Animated Film) and the American Film Institute.[96][97]

Notes

  1. ^ Jazz compositions and arrangements.

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soul, 2020, film, soul, 2020, american, computer, animated, drama, film, produced, pixar, animation, studios, walt, disney, pictures, film, directed, pete, docter, directed, kemp, powers, wrote, with, mike, jones, produced, dana, murray, stars, voices, jamie, . Soul is a 2020 American computer animated drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures The film was directed by Pete Docter and co directed by Kemp Powers who co wrote it with Mike Jones and produced by Dana Murray It stars the voices of Jamie Foxx Tina Fey Graham Norton Rachel House Alice Braga Richard Ayoade Phylicia Rashad Donnell Rawlings Questlove and Angela Bassett The story follows a pianist Joe Gardner Foxx who falls into a manhole by an accident before his big break as a jazz musician and seeks to reunite his separated soul and body SoulRelease posterDirected byPete DocterWritten byPete Docter Mike Jones Kemp PowersProduced byDana MurrayStarringJamie Foxx Tina Fey Graham Norton Rachel House Alice Braga Richard Ayoade Phylicia Rashad Donnell Rawlings Questlove Angela BassettCinematographyMatt Aspbury Ian MegibbenEdited byKevin NoltingMusic byTrent Reznor Atticus Ross Jon Batiste a ProductioncompaniesWalt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation StudiosDistributed byWalt Disney StudiosMotion PicturesRelease datesOctober 11 2020 2020 10 11 BFI Fest December 25 2020 2020 12 25 United States Running time101 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 150 millionBox office 121 millionDocter conceived Soul in January 2016 examining the origins of human personalities and the concept of determinism He pitched the idea about spacetime involving souls with personalities during his first meeting with Jones The film s producers consulted various jazz musicians including Herbie Hancock and Terri Lyne Carrington and animated its musical sequences using the sessions of musician Jon Batiste as a reference Apart from Batiste s original jazz compositions musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film s score Production on Soul lasted for four years on an approximate 150 million budget This was the first Pixar film to feature a black lead Soul premiered at the London Film Festival on October 11 2020 and was scheduled to be theatrically released on June 19 and November 20 However the feature was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic Soul was released direct to streaming on Disney on December 25 2020 alongside the SparkShort known as Burrow and in theaters in countries without the streaming service Soul was well received by critics for its craftsmanship story characters themes ideas sound design creativity emotional weight and musical score Organizations like the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute named the film as one of the top ten films of 2020 Soul was nominated for three awards at the 93rd Academy Awards winning two and received numerous other accolades Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 3 1 Development and writing 3 2 Casting 3 3 Animation and design 3 4 Music 4 Release 4 1 Theatrical and streaming 4 2 Home media 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Streaming viewership 5 3 Critical response 5 4 Accolades 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksPlot EditIn New York City pianist Joe Gardner teaches music part time at a middle school while dreaming of playing jazz professionally When he receives an offer for a full time teaching position his mother Libba urges him to accept it Joe learns famous jazz musician Dorothea Williams has an opening in her quartet and auditions at a jazz club Impressed with Joe s piano playing Dorothea hires him for that night s show As Joe heads off his excitement distracts him and he falls into a manhole down the sewer drain Joe finds himself as a disembodied soul heading into an afterlife dubbed the Great Beyond Unwilling to die he tries to escape but ends up in the Great Before a realm where souls gain personalities and interests before being born on Earth In the Great Before counselors all named Jerry prepare unborn souls for life with the help of mentor souls Each soul has a badge that grants passage to Earth once the badge is completely filled with personality traits Mistaken for a mentor Joe is assigned to train a soul named 22 who wants to avoid Earth 22 discovers that Joe s physical body is hospitalized and in a coma She agrees to let Joe help find her spark a soul s personal passion to complete her badge so he can use it to return home After Joe fails to find 22 a spark they visit the zone a place that souls enter when their passions create a euphoric trance but becomes a trap for obsessed lost souls They meet Moonwind a galleon captain who helps the duo locate Joe s body on Earth Joe returns to Earth but accidentally carries 22 with him They mistakenly enter the wrong bodies with 22 inhabiting Joe s body and Joe inhabiting the body of a therapy cat They find Moonwind who agrees to meet at the jazz club to restore Joe to his body In the meantime 22 settles into Joe s body and enjoys small moments while interacting with Joe s peers She holds poignant conversations with his student Connie his barber Dez and mother Meanwhile Terry being in charge of counting souls arrives on Earth to find Joe and restore the count As the day ends Joe and 22 visit Moonwind to return Joe to his body After Joe tells 22 that her experiences were not purposes 22 refuses and flees to find her spark with Joe tailing behind As they run through a subway station Terry traps them both and brings them back to the Great Before 22 realizes her badge is filled out yet Joe insists it was because of his traits and that she has not truly found her spark Angry 22 throws the badge at him and disappears into the zone A Jerry informs Joe that a spark is not a soul s purpose in life but Joe refuses to believe this and uses 22 s badge to return to Earth The show at the jazz club is successful but Joe is upset at his unchanged life even after fulfilling his dream Looking at objects that 22 collected while in his body he recalls the moments they had enjoyed together Joe realizes these experiences have given 22 her spark By playing piano he enters the zone with the intent to return her badge but discovers that she has become a lost soul He chases her down showing her a sycamore seed she collected to remind her of her time on Earth They realize that a spark is not a soul s purpose but indicates an intention to live Joe s actions restore 22 to normal returning her badge and escorting her out of the Great Before for her journey to Earth As Joe prepares to enter the Great Beyond a Jerry stops him and offers another chance at life for finally inspiring 22 to live Joe returns to his body on Earth and starts the next day committed to enjoying life Voice cast Edit Jamie Foxx left in 2013 and Tina Fey in 2014 They voiced Joe Gardner and 22 respectively Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner a jazz pianist and music teacher 1 Tina Fey as 22 a cynical soul with a dim view of life on Earth 2 3 Graham Norton as Moonwind a spiritual sign twirler 4 Rachel House as Terry an obsessive soul counter 4 5 Alice Braga Richard Ayoade Wes Studi Fortune Feimster and Zenobia Shroff as the five soul counselors in the Great Before who are all named Jerry 6 Phylicia Rashad as Libba Gardner Joe s mother who works as a seamstress 7 8 Donnell Rawlings as Dez Joe s barber 4 Questlove as Lamont Curley Baker a drummer in Dorothea Williams band and a former student of Joe s 7 Angela Bassett as Dorothea Williams a jazz saxophonist 9 Additionally Daveed Diggs plays Paul Joe s neighborhood frenemy 2 7 Cora Champommier plays Connie one of Joe s middle school band students Margo Hall and Rhodessa Jones play Melba and Lulu Libba s co workers 10 June Squibb plays Gerel a soul who meets Joe before going to the Great Beyond 4 and Esther Chae is credited with playing Miho a bassist in Williams band but Miho has no lines in the final film 11 12 Cody Chesnutt provides his vocals from his song Parting Ways as a street singer with a guitar 13 Sakina Jaffrey Calum Grant Laura Mooney Peggy Flood Ochuwa Oghie Jeannie Tirado and Cathy Cavadini provide the voices of Doctor Hedge Fund Manager Therapy Cat Lady Marge Dancerstar Principal Arroyo and Dreamerwind 10 Production EditDevelopment and writing Edit Director Pete Docter in 2009 Soul began development in January 2016 when director Pete Docter sought new creative directions during the announcement of the 88th Academy Awards 14 15 He pondered the origins of human personalities with the concept of determinism In his first meeting with co writer Mike Jones Docter pitched an idea set in spacetime involving souls with personalities 16 The film spent four years in production 17 with an approximate 150 million budget 18 Docter and Jones worked on the development of the main character for about two years 16 Initial ideas included portraying Joe as a scientist which did not feel so naturally pure Pixar eventually settled on portraying the film s main character as a musician because they wanted an appealing profession for the audience According to Docter once the creative team decided the main character played jazz music the filmmakers chose to make him African American due to the race being tied to jazz history 19 20 With co writer Kemp Powers s help Docter wrote Joe during the film s early development Powers s initial contract was 12 weeks long but was later extended 16 After making extensive contributions to the film Powers became a co director making him Pixar s first African American co director 20 Powers based several elements of Joe on his personal life but wanted the character to transcend his own experience in order to make him more accessible 19 Powers also placed additional emphasis on authentically depicting Joe s relationships within the black community 21 In order to portray accurately African American culture within the film Pixar worked closely with an internal Cultural Trust composed of black Pixar employees and hired several consultants These consultants included musicians Herbie Hancock Terri Lyne Carrington Quincy Jones and Jon Batiste educator Johnnetta Cole and stars Questlove and Diggs The idea of Joe s soul entering the body of a therapy cat came from Jones Docter and Powers appreciated the idea as it allowed Joe to be able to look at his own life from a different perspective and appreciate it According to Murray the filmmakers were undecided on Soul s ending before the last screening Some test versions of the film ended featuring Joe pondering whether to pass on to the Great Beyond returning to Earth a year later or staying in the Great Before as a mentor Initial storyboards featured several brief scenes showing 22 s life on Earth after her new birth including one of her reuniting with Joe in New York These scenes were ultimately discarded 22 Casting Edit In August 2019 it was announced that Jamie Foxx Tina Fey Questlove Phylicia Rashad and Daveed Diggs had joined the cast 2 7 In March 2020 Angela Bassett announced she was cast in the film During the release of the film s trailer in October 2020 Richard Ayoade Graham Norton Rachel House Alice Braga Wes Studi Fortune Feimster Zenobia Shroff Donnell Rawlings and June Squibb were also announced to be in the cast 4 Docter said Jamie Foxx himself a classically trained pianist was perfect for Joe citing his comedic skills and musical background 18 Foxx related the film s bittersweet feeling of losing someone but gaining a vision of joy following the death of his 36 year old sister in October 2020 23 24 Tina Fey in addition to voicing 22 also contributed to the screenplay helping to write her character s lines 25 She considered the film in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic a helpful reminder that life isn t defined by achievement or attainment 23 Animation and design Edit Soul is Pixar s first film to feature an African American protagonist 26 Pixar and Docter were mindful of the history of racist imagery particularly caricatured depictions of African Americans in animation and wanted to create black characters 16 as well as integrate authentic African American culture into the film s DNA to prevent caricatures stereotypes and tropes 27 Pixar sought to capture the fine details of the characters including the textures of black hair and the way light plays on various tones of black skin 16 According to Powers the animators used lighting in emphasizing the character s ethnic features 28 Cinematographer Bradford Young worked as a lighting consultant on the film 28 Animators used footage of several music performers including Batiste as reference for the film s musical sequences By capturing MIDI data from the sessions animators retraced the exact key being played on the piano with each note and animated the performances authentically According to Docter the animators assigned to specific musical instruments often either had experience playing them or a great appreciation for them 28 29 The souls were animated by the filmmakers in a vaporous ethereal and non physical way Souls were designed to depict various religious and cultural outlooks 25 The designs were also inspired by early drawings made by Docter Animators created two designs for the souls in the film one for the new souls in The Great Before described as very cute very appealing with simple rounded shapes by supervising animator Jude Brownbill and one for mentor souls feature distinctive characteristics since they have been on Earth 30 They differentiated souls from ghosts by adjusting their color palette accordingly 31 Animating the souls designs was challenging and substantial According to Murray several artists helped create the souls designs by giving their suggestions and opinions on how they should look 32 The design of soul counselors Jerrys originated from line drawings made by story artist Aphton Corbin Another artist created wire sculptures of them and the design was finalized 31 Together with the design of Terry they were seen by critics as a reference to Osvaldo Cavandoli s 1971 Italian animated series La Linea 33 34 35 Soul s fantastical elements were difficult to render To address the issue Docter referred to his film Inside Out 2015 where the filmmakers personified through physicality For the Great Before the filmmakers did not want it to be based in any specific culture given its nature of universality They sought inspiration from the architecture of 1930s 1960s world s fairs making a sense of awe and importance 36 Production designer Steve Pilcher believed in the simplicity of the Great Before saying that it was complicated and naive 18 According to Docter the aim of the design was to make a grand statement about learning and knowledge 37 The personality pavilions were designed to be abstract looking shapes as a literal interpretation of the abstract ideas they represent 36 For the Great Beyond the filmmakers conceptualized going toward the light which they believed the audience would understand 31 The astral plane sequence took months to create despite the actual scene having a short duration Visual effects supervisor Bill Watral compared the sequence to Psycho s 1960 shower scene taking a long time to film in spite of the actual short time span During this sequence filmmakers painstakingly animated sands liquids and rocks for the brief sequence 38 To animate New York the filmmakers explored jazz clubs and pizza stops for inspiration A barbershop scene received additional input from Powers 18 The animation style moved away from photorealism depicting the city as distorted and crooked 39 Music Edit Main article Soul soundtrack Musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails composed an ambient score for the metaphysical segments of the film while Batiste composed a number of original jazz songs for the New York City based segments of the film 40 41 Batiste created a user friendly jazz which felt authentic but could still be appreciated by a general audience 19 42 Ross composed a somewhat ominous musical cue in the afterlife walkway scene which also incorporated real world sounds 18 Reznor and Ross were brought in on the recommendation of sound designer Ren Klyce who had worked extensively with the duo in David Fincher films 43 The score and the original songs from Soul were released in two vinyl exclusive albums while also compiled onto a single digital album 44 45 It s All Right the end credits song performed by Batiste was originally recorded by The Impressions A second cover of the song a duet between Batiste and British soul singer Celeste was released alongside the film 46 Release EditTheatrical and streaming Edit The 101 minute 47 Soul premiered on October 11 2020 at the BFI London Film Festival 48 It was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 19 49 but due to the COVID 19 pandemic Soul was pushed back to November 20 50 The film eventually shifted to a December 25 Disney release Unlike Mulan Soul did not do so through Disney Premier Access making it free for all subscribers 51 In international markets where Disney was not available Soul was released theatrically 52 These included China 53 the Philippines 54 55 Malaysia Taiwan Thailand Singapore among others 56 The film was included in their lineups of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival 57 and the Rome Film Festival it opened on October 15 58 In theaters Soul was intended to be accompanied by SparkShorts short film Burrow but it premiered on Disney instead 59 A prequel short to Soul was released in 2021 titled 22 vs Earth It focuses on 22 leading a rebellion against her superiors 60 Home media Edit Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Soul on Ultra HD Blu ray Blu ray DVD and digital download on March 23 2021 Physical copies contain behind the scenes featurettes audio commentary and deleted scenes 61 Reception EditBox office Edit Soul earned 121 million in other territories 62 The film grossed 7 65 million in its opening weekend in 10 markets including 5 5 million from China 63 By February 2021 Soul had become the highest grossing Pixar release ever in Russia 18 3 million Ukraine 1 9 million and Saudi Arabia 5 9 million Its top international markets at that point were China 57 9 million Russia South Korea 14 8 million Taiwan 6 4 million and Saudi Arabia 64 Streaming viewership Edit Following the release of Soul on Disney research firm Screen Engine reported that 13 percent of viewers watched the film and it over indexed among parents particularly mothers The company also said that Soul was among the most watched straight to streaming titles of the year behind Hamilton and Wonder Woman 1984 65 On December 21 27 2020 the film gathered 1 669 billion minutes of watch time making it the number 1 streaming title that week 66 Nielsen reported that Wonder Woman 1984 with 2 252 billion minutes of streaming on HBO Max had surpassed Soul with 1 7 billion minutes on Disney in streaming numbers on Christmas weekend 67 Samba TV later reported that 2 4 million households streamed the film over its opening weekend 68 Nielsen reported that Soul was the most streamed film across all platforms during the week from January 4 10 2021 69 Critical response Edit On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes Soul holds an approval rating of 95 based on 354 reviews with an average rating of 8 3 10 The site s critical consensus reads A film as beautiful to contemplate as it is to behold Soul proves Pixar s power to deliver outstanding all ages entertainment remains undimmed 70 Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned Soul a score of 83 out of 100 based on 55 critics indicating universal acclaim 71 Several journalists praised Soul for its craftsmanship 72 73 which they saw as an exercise of Docter s expertise 74 75 as the film was considered a return of Pixar s form by some critics 76 77 Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter and Jason Solomons TheWrap described the film as its peak with Solomons characterized its colorful visuals and gentle wisdom 10 78 A O Scott of The New York Times expressed its combination of skill feeling and inspiration 79 The story characters and music were sources of praise Kaleem Aftab of IndieWire felt the narrative veered off in many unexpected directions so that even the inevitable end point feels just right 8 USA Today s Brian Truitt commended the performances of Foxx and Fey 80 For Time Out Dubai Whelan Barzey believed Joe s story could appeal to many generations 81 Felperin and Peter Travers ABC News praised the musical score calling it sublime 10 82 Truitt and Travers credited Batiste Reznor and Ross for their music merits 80 82 Reviews were not uniformly positive Kirsten Acuna from Insider felt that the studio had taken a few steps backward in their racial sensitivity as Soul used the same trope of turning Black characters into creatures 83 Molly Freeman of Screen Rant acknowledged the film s message about the meaning of life and finding purpose but it s messy and only made muddier by the questions the movie sets up then fails to answer The result is Soul loses much of its emotional impact with the third act playing out more like a rush to the finish line of the story without giving as much weight to the themes and emotional throughline of the film 84 Charles Pulliam Moore of Gizmodo wrote that Soul comes across less like an earnest and casual celebration of everyday Blackness and more like a twee depiction of it that s meant for white audiences consumption 85 Soul was included on a number of best of lists It was listed on many critics top ten lists in 2020 ranking sixteenth 86 Several publications have listed it as one of the best animated films including Parade and Complex all 2021 87 88 Accolades Edit Main article List of accolades received by Soul 2020 film At the 93rd Academy Awards Soul received a nomination for Best Sound and won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score 89 The film s other nominations include ten Annie Awards winning seven 90 three British Academy Film Awards winning two 91 a Critics Choice Movie Award which it won 92 93 and two Golden Globe Awards winning both 94 95 It was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review where it also won Best Animated Film and the American Film Institute 96 97 Notes Edit Jazz compositions and arrangements References Edit Trakin Roy Tangcay Jazz January 28 2021 Trent Reznor and Jon Batiste Explain How Pixar s Soul Got Its Musical Heart Variety Archived from the original on February 13 2022 Retrieved February 13 2022 a b c Fuster Jeremy August 24 2019 Soul Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey Star in Pixar s Most Existential Adventure Yet TheWrap Archived from the original on August 24 2019 Retrieved August 24 2019 Crow David December 26 2020 Pixar s Soul Who Are All of 22 s Mentors Den of Geek Archived from the original on February 13 2022 Retrieved February 13 2022 a b c d e Romano Nick October 15 2020 Pixar s new Soul trailer with Jamie Foxx unlocks the music of life Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on November 4 2021 Retrieved November 4 2021 Serpell Namwali January 28 2021 Pixar s Troubled Soul The New Yorker Archived from the original on February 13 2022 Retrieved February 13 2022 Sarto Dan December 1 2020 Designing the Illusory Souls Counselors and The Great Before of Soul Animation World Network Archived from the original on February 9 2022 Retrieved February 9 2022 a b c d Radulovic Petrana August 24 2019 Pixar s latest film Soul is a metaphysical comedy with the studio s first black lead Polygon Archived from the original on August 24 2019 Retrieved August 25 2019 a b Aftab Kaleem October 11 2020 Soul Review Pixar s Jazzy Existential Celebration Is One of the Studio s Very Best IndieWire Archived from the original on October 13 2020 Retrieved October 11 2020 Sanders Sam December 22 2020 Angela Bassett Draws On Her Love Of Drama And Music In Pixar s Soul NPR Archived from the original on January 1 2022 Retrieved January 1 2022 a b c d Felperin Leslie October 11 2020 Soul Film Review London 2020 The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on October 12 2020 Retrieved October 11 2020 Divola Barry May 21 2021 Linda May Han Oh the Perth muso immortalised by Pixar The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on January 2 2022 Retrieved January 2 2022 Bulten Izak December 28 2020 Pixar s Soul 10 Concept Art Pieces You Have To See Screen Rant Archived from the original on January 2 2022 Retrieved January 2 2022 Mordeau Jordan June 27 2020 Pixar s Soul Releases New Teaser Trailer Watch Variety Archived from the original on July 30 2020 Retrieved July 30 2020 Pete Docter Oscars What the Nominees Are Saying The Hollywood Reporter January 14 2016 Archived from the original on June 26 2019 Retrieved June 22 2019 Interview Pixar president Jim Morris The Good Dinosaur Time Out Hong Kong June 2 2016 Archived from the original on February 16 2016 Retrieved June 20 2019 a b c d e Solomon Charles December 22 2020 Soul Features Pixar s First black Lead Character Here s How It Happened The New York Times Archived from the original on December 25 2020 Retrieved December 25 2020 Gray Tim March 4 2021 Soul 101 Pete Doctor Breaks Down the Team that Brought the Complex Animation to Life Variety Archived from the original on February 9 2022 Retrieved February 9 2022 a b c d e Giardina Carolyn January 12 2021 Making of Soul How Pete Docter Helped Pixar Explore the Meaning of Life The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on November 4 2021 Retrieved November 4 2021 a b c Soul Finding Soul Conversation Essence Festival Pixar June 27 2020 Archived from the original on February 11 2022 Retrieved September 21 2020 via YouTube a b Goldstein Gregg June 23 2020 Soul Producer Murray Reflects on Cannes Selected Animated Feature Variety Archived from the original on September 8 2020 Retrieved September 21 2020 Spiegel Josh December 8 2020 Soul began with the Great Beyond then evolved into Pixar s film about black life Polygon Archived from the original on December 18 2020 Retrieved December 26 2020 Boone John December 28 2020 Soul Filmmakers Reveal the Movie s Original Ending 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