Matilda vs Soul
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.2/10 for Matilda). Matilda is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 41m. Matilda is the older of the two (1996 against 2020). Both are comedy, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Matilda
Soul| Matilda | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Danny DeVito | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Danny DeVito, Tracey Walter, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, Paul Reubens | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Matilda
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, she begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, she suddenly turns the tables to…
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…