Soul
Everybody has a soul. Joe Gardner is about to find his.
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.
- Director
- Pete Docter
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $122M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
26 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Soul actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Perfect if you enjoyed
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Soul appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #16
Placed at #16 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #97
Placed at #97 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
4 wins
Academy Awards
1 win
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Awards
1 win
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
1 win
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Soul returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $150M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $122M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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