Bao vs Soul
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.6/10 for Bao). Bao is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 1h 41m. Bao is the older of the two (2018 against 2020). Both are animation, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bao
Soul| Bao | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2020 |
| Length | 8m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Animation, Family, Fantasy | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Domee Shi | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Daniel Kailin, Sindy Lau, Sharmaine Yeoh, Tim Zhang | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Bao
An aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.
Soul
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…