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There's a lot to this meaning-of-life adventure full of humor and hijinx to allows for maximum enjoyment by young viewers.
If the jazz doesn't make you a believer, the barbershop scene certainly will. The secondary characters are also well developed story essentials that add their own flavor and color to the action. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey's chemistry makes for a captivating duo navigating the highs and lows of Gardner's life. Revelations occur naturally in this world through secondary characters that work to build a version of life in New York that practically screams the creators love at every turn. What each discovers, about themselves, and each other, along the way highlights how very easy it is to miss the point of it all. A never-been-born 22's convinced they've seen enough of life to skip it altogether. The bedrock conviction that jazz is his life blinds him to the fact he's not really been living. He's also still self-involved in a way that's well past obsessive. Throughout, a non-corporeal Joe is still distinctly himself.
Watching as this pair blunder their way through life's turns, is both hilarious and ironically enlightening. Photo Credit: Disney/PixarĪnd this is where Soul really finds its footing (and will lose a bit of ground with some). Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey voice Joe Gardner and 22 in Soul.
The blend of a soft color palette and sharp angles creates a stark contrast to an Earth pulsing with life in such bold color it's almost tangible. The visuals for the hereafter, by the way, are startling and more than a touch mesmerizing. The meat of this film encompasses Gardner's attempt to avoid going into the Great Beyond. Refusing to Give Up and Discovering Your Spark Gardner comes to in his spirit form and, upon realizing he's no longer among the living, refuses to accept his fate. One moment of inattention leads to an accident that jettisons him out of his body and on his way to the Great Beyond. On the cusp of realizing his dream, he rushes towards home. It's his chance to play at the world-famous Half Note jazz club. Gardner secures a spot playing with renown jazz musician Dorothea Williams (Angela Bassett). Just as he's losing hope, a call from Curley (Questlove), a former student leads to an unexpected audition.
His mother, Libba (Phylicia Rashad), wants him to accept an offered permanent position teaching and give up on pursuing jazz as a career. But it's starting to look like that's a dream he'll never realize. Jazz feeds his soul but it doesn't pay his bills. Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) is a jazz musician making his living as a middle school music teacher. Teaching, Dream Chasing, and all that Jazz You'll be pleased to discover that Soul leans into what Pixar's best known for, creating an immersive world of visual and sensory delights woven into a thoughtful and emotional journey. So, it only makes sense that Pixar paired him with Kemp Powers ( One Night in Miami) as co-director and co-writer on his passion project Soul. Docter's known for his skill in blending weighty themes into emotionally charged, yet charmingly joyful, treks through the human psyche. Director Pete Docter ( Inside Out, Up), in particular. Over the past decade, Pixar's excelled at building deep existential dilemmas into touching animated feature films.
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