Papa Bear vs Soul
Papa Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 41m. Soul is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are comedy, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Papa Bear
Soul| Papa Bear | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Maxim Maksimov | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Aleksandr Abramovich, Eva Smirnova, Boris Dergachev, Roman Kurtsyn, Aleksandr Golovin | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Papa Bear
When spirited troublemaker Maria pushes her overwhelmed father too far, he takes her to their remote family cabin, hoping a dose of wilderness will teach her discipline. But after a mysterious forest encounter turns him into a bear, Mila must protect her Papa Bear from a local hunter. As the two navigate hilarious mishaps and unexpected bonding, they discover that the wild has a way of bringing families closer—one bear hug at a time.
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…