Purl vs Soul
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Purl). Purl is the shorter watch at 9m compared with 1h 41m. Purl is the older of the two (2019 against 2020). Both are animation, comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Purl
Soul| Purl | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2020 |
| Length | 9m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kristen Lester | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Bret Parker, Michael Yates, Emily Davis, Michael Daley, Michael Frederickson | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Purl
Purl, an earnest ball of yarn, gets a job at a fast-paced, male-centered startup company. Things start to unravel as Purl tries to fit in with this tight-knit group, but she must ask herself how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for and if, in the end, it is worth it.
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…