This comes through not just in 22's journey but Joe's too, as he tries desperately to return to his life and realize his long-held ambition. But the meaning of “Soul” also comes through in the pointillist realism of Pixar. As delightful as its imagery of the afterlife is, the best stuff might be back on Earth. Not all of this works, in the end; “Soul” is seeking such a high plane of sublimity that it's sometimes forcing Pixar-styled transcendence a little too much. And “Soul” turns out to be not an exploration of the afterlife but a wondrous whirligig of daily life.

Source: Daily Sun December 23, 2020 20:26 UTC