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.
- Released: 2020-12-25
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Family, Music
- Stars: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashād, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett, Cora Champommier, Margo Hall, Daveed Diggs, Rhodessa Jones, Wes Studi, Sakina Jaffrey, Fortune Feimster, Calum Grant, Laura Mooney, Peggy Flood, Zenobia Shroff, June Squibb, Ochuwa Oghie, Jeannie Tirado, Cathy Cavadini, Dorian Lockett, Doris Burke, Ronnie del Carmen, Esther K. Chae, Élisapie, Marcus Shelby
- Director: Pete Docter
Comments
- christinagiannoysaki-39594 - 29 May 2024
Life changing
I have never wrote a review before but this movie was one of the most life changing movies i have ever watched. Amazing music, deep meanings, well written characters and some vintage aesthetic. In my opoion everyone can find similarities with the main character. The most important factor that fascinated me is that it exams the origins of human personalities and the concept of causality. Even tho the meanings are very deep and you will overanalyse a lot after movie, it was super pleasing and entertaining to watch it. Best pixar movie 10/10 recommend. I have already watched it 3 times!!!..................... - dannygrichang - 29 February 2024
real things!
Gao Na finally realized his dream, but he suddenly realized that what he had pursued for a lifetime was not as lofty as he imagined. He suddenly realized that he had missed too much for his jazz dream. He missed the opportunity to spend time with his mother, missed Lisa... missed everything except for jazz. Many movies are about instilling in us the knowledge of success and spiritual chicken soup, telling the story of the protagonist striving to pursue their dreams and ultimately achieving them. It seems like saying that as long as you work hard, you can succeed. If you haven't succeeded, it means you haven't worked hard enough yet. Pixar tells us, however, that it is not necessary to have such great achievements in order to be alive. What if there is no success? On the contrary, blindly pursuing success and forgetting to enjoy life is the most regrettable thing. Whether it's looking at the sky, walking, spending time with family, or watching the sea with loved ones... as long as you put your heart into it, these insignificant things are actually very wonderful and beautiful. The true meaning of life is not grand dreams, but rather ordinary small things in life. Pursuing dreams is the least important thing, looking at the sky, walking, and eating pizza are the real things! - sindyraudales-19305 - 16 January 2024
Gosh, just wow.
I mean, I don't even know where to start. This is some of the best Pixar/Disney stuff in YEARS. I love its unique and innovative storytelling. The exploration of existential themes, combined with a blend of humor and heart, sets it apart from typical animated films they got to offer. I believe this was the last (truly) good pixar film. The emotional depth of the movie is a strong point. The characters' journeys and the film's overall message have left a profound impact on me. I love everything about it. Its core message, characterization, animation. Might be one of my favorite animated films ever! - goswamidiptanshu - 8 November 2022
Soul-Ful Experience!
It's a Top-tier Pixar's beauty, It was simple yet too deep, The Concept at first was little like inside-out but once it goes further it gets as original and Great, The Animation is Stunning and soul's were playfully good, The music was 'soul', The voice cast was perfect and the story it was intriguingly brilliant, This movie literally makes the mind to think about everything beautiful about life for sometime, The Passionate jazz player and his misrable life taken when he just got a gig and his journey for getting back in life and A Soul's Quest to find purpose/ Thing in life, in that journey getting to know the purpose is nothing but meanings in life it was touching.. The concepts of spacing-out was brilliant and the fact that spacing-out due to passion and spacing-out due to obsession are considered same was Mind-blowing, The Joey and 22's journey was Fun and emotional, The character switch was entertaining, The 22's experiences of life and joey's obsession of gig just to taught him the meaining of life, The ending with 22's emotional transformation and joey's gift to her as life and at last joey getting another chance at life it was emotionally good, Overall it had Great Characters,Great Concepts and Amazingly beautiful POV to life, It was a Great experience to watch this "Art". - igneosgeos - 28 July 2022
Innovative and quirky
A wonderful film full of great performances. Good to see some UK and Irish voices. Could have made more about jazz and composition but maybe they thought they had stretched the focus enough. - yusrazahir - 22 June 2022
MUST WATCH
So good. Best animation movie. It's just perfect. I love the characters and the funny scenes. Kids will love it. We should appreciate small things in our life. We should celebrate small things. And the last dialogue woah it was perfect.
