Soul vs The Tree of Life
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for The Tree of Life). Soul is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 19m. The Tree of Life is the older of the two (2011 against 2020). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Soul
The Tree of Life| Soul | The Tree of Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pete Docter | Terrence Malick |
| Main cast | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett | Fiona Shaw, Jessica Chastain, Jimmy Donaldson, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn |
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 Tree of Life
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
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