Soul vs The Botanist
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5/10 for The Botanist). The Botanist is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 41m. Soul is the older of the two (2020 against 2026). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Soul
The Botanist| Soul | The Botanist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pete Docter | Jing Yi |
| Main cast | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett | Jahseleh Yesl, Ren Zihan, Nurdaolet Jalen, Eramazan Sarhet, Jomajan Songhat |
Synopsis
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…
The Botanist
In a remote village in Xinjiang, a young Kazakh boy named Arsin, who finds solace in the company of plants. He soon meets Meiyu, a spirited Han girl whose unpredictable nature reminds him of a rare, otherworldly plant. As their friendship blossoms, it deepens into a delicate, dreamlike allegory that blurs the lines between reality and the enchanting world of botany.
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