Heart and Souls
by Ron Underwood
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Actor: Alfre Woodard, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Downey Jr., Tom SizemoreDirector: Ron Underwood
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Producer: Cari-Esta Albert
Producer: Dirk Petersmann
Producer: Dixie J. Capp
Writer: Brent Maddock
Writer: Erik Hansen
Writer: Gregory Hansen
Writer: S.S. Wilson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Heart and Souls
Movie Review: Truly Heartwarming, Soulful and Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie revolves around one question "What one thing, if you did it, would've made a difference in your life?"
It is a good question for all of us to consider in the course of our daily lives. In this movie, four people die prematurely in a bus accident - OK, four people plus the bus driver whose mind was preoccupied with sex and instead of watching where he was driving, he swerved off the bridge. All of these four people had some unfinished business, so they remain earthbound. They find themselves attached to a body of a kid and stick around until he's all grown up. Not knowing at first what to do, or the reason for them being earthbound, they are attempting to be of help to the kid, but seeing that they are causing him more problems than help, they stop interfering with his life and mind their own business, still wondering why are they stuck.
Eventually, it is revealed to them that they were still earthbound so that they could resolve one thing that would've made a difference in their lives. Now, the challenge begins, because it is not just a matter of doing the thing, but about overcoming inner obstacle, and having guts to follow one's heart. After all, that is what life is about, that is what every day is about - having the courage to follow one's heart, having the courage to listen to one's soul - and in this movie it is a team-spirit of one individual helping another to do that one thing that would've given meaning to his life, that would have left him enriched and empowered in some way, that would've justified the reason he had the body in the first place. One may here also developed a new appreciation for one's body and one's life on earth because there are some things that just can't be done without it.
The characters and the cast in this movie are utterly delightful and as you watch the movie, it's not only that you may enjoy the movie, but perhaps it helps you to look at your life in a different way and consider what it is that you would like your life to stand for and to just go for it.
The movie is not only heartwarming but also full of humorous tidbits and at the end of the movie there's a part with B.B. King playing that sent thrills and shivers of delight throughout my body.
Summary of Heart and Souls
A FATAL BUS ACCIDENT TIES THE SOULS OF FOUR STRANGERS TO THOMAS REILLY, WHO'S BORN AT THE EXACT TIME OF THE CRASH. ONCE THOMASIS GROWN UP, THE FOUR LEARN THEY EACH HAVE ONE CHANCE TO RESOLVETHE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THEIR LIVES. TO DO THIS, THEY NEED TOTEMPORARILY TAKE OVER HIS BODY AND THOMAS WILL NOT COOPERATE.Robert Downey Jr. has never been more charming than in this comedy about a yuppie who is revisited in adulthood by the spirits of four people who had been his friends as a child. The ghosts (Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Tom Sizemore) all have unfinished business in this world before they can move on to the next, and Downey's character agrees to let them inhabit his body while they sort it all out. The appealing cast alone strongly recommends this movie, but Downey's remarkable facility for physical comedy--manifesting the personalities of his supernatural pals as they possess him--is a riot. Elisabeth Shue makes the best of her part as the hero's girlfriend; Leaving Las Vegas was still ahead of her, but one can see her talent straining to get out here. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, production notes, theatrical trailer, biographies of the cast, closed captioning, an optional French soundtrack and Spanish subtitles, and Dolby sound. --Tom Keogh
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