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Heart and Souls

1993 · 104 min

A gentle, whimsical comedy that balances slapstick with sincere emotion, offering a warm, easy watch about connection and letting go.

Directed by
Ron Underwood
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard
Tagline
The story of four souls who needed a body and one guy who needed some soul.
Overview
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.

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Directed by
Ron Underwood
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • love
  • friendship
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
fantasy, comedy, romance
Directed by
Ron Underwood
Written by
Erik Hansen, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Gregory Hansen
Starring
Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Calvert
Music
Marc Shaiman
Cinematography
Michael W. Watkins
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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