Beethoven vs Soul
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.8/10 for Beethoven). Beethoven is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 41m. Beethoven is the older of the two (1992 against 2020). Both are comedy, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beethoven
Soul| Beethoven | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1992 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Family | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Brian Levant | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Oliver Platt, David Duchovny, Bonnie Hunt, Stanley Tucci, O-Lan Jones | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Beethoven
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
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…