Soul (2020)

Soul parents guide

No surprises for a PG: no swearing and nothing scary.

Rated PG, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine for any age.

Scare

Not scary

Jump scares

None noted

Gore

No gore

Violence

No real violence

Sex and nudity

None noted

Language

None noted

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is Soul about?

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.

Cast and crew

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Soul is on our Kids under 10, Tweens (10 to 12), Set in New York, Wholesome and Family night lists.

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• “a fun halloween movie, not too scary”
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• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”

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