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A musician's soul is transported out of his body and must find his way back.
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Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
"It's no exaggeration to say that 'Soul' is one of the best films of the 2020-2021 movie season (albeit hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic) and of Pixar's history. With a lot of heart, the feature brings a huge lesson about how we face life, the ordinary and the flame that motivates us to move forward. The aesthetics complement the script impeccably, with a beautiful construction of the real world and an extremely inspired visual for the afterlife - rescuing concepts from modernist architecture of yesteryear. All this accompanied by an impeccable soundtrack, which is divided into two large parts: one with a cozy jazz that embraces us with its notes, and another with new-age inspiration, with the music dialoguing in a surprising way with what we see on screen. All this further elevates the fact that this is the first Pixar animation with an African-American protagonist - something that, although it took a long time to happen, was done with great mastery. Total merits of director Peter Docter (of 'Inside Out' and CCO of Pixar) and producer Dana Murray. Even released directly on streaming due to closed cinemas, 'Soul' was qualified for the Oscar and won the Best Original Score and Best Animated Film awards. Deserved."