Soul is a 2020 American animated film written and directed by Pete Docter. It features the voice of Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner, a middle school music teacher who seeks to reunite his soul and his body after he unexpectedly dies before his big break as a jazz musician. Tina Fey also stars as the voice of 22, a soul with a pessimistic view of life that Gardner tries to inspire to go to Earth.[1]
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The film premiered at the London Film Festival on October 11, 2020,[2] and was scheduled to be theatrically released on November 20. However, the feature was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Soul being released direct-to-streaming on Disney+ on December 25, 2020, and in theaters in countries without the streaming service.[3] As of May 2021[update], Soul has grossed $116.2 million at the worldwide box office.[4] Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 360 reviews and judged 95% of them to be positive.[5]
Soul garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for its sound effects, musical score, and acting. It received two nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards, including Best Sound. The film won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. Soul won seven of ten nominations at the 48th Annie Awards. At the 74th British Academy Film Awards, it was nominated for Best Sound, and won Best Animated Film and Best Original Music. The film won three awards at the 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards, before garnering the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score at the 26th ceremony. Soul won Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. Various critic circles also picked Soul as the best animated feature film of the year. In addition, both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review selected Soul as one of the top-ten films of 2020.
