Heart and Souls

1993 "The story of four souls who needed a body and one guy who needed some soul."
7| 1h44m| PG-13| en
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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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Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
ramsri007 This fantasy romantic com kept me in splits. Wow! what a lovely feeling. I never even knew this movie existed until I read Downey's biography. Downey plays Thomas whose head is spins from the realization that he can see 4 souls around him. For him they are real but, not for others. This leads to comic & absurd situations. He realizes that to get things back to way there were, he's going to have to bend a little to make room for the souls around him . The movie is about how the souls fulfill their last unfinished business by using Thomas as their medium & how Thomas reconciles with his true love. This one should not have been a big deal for Downey to pull off. It's a fun movie with almost no costume change or change in his look. All he had to do was act and give his best and sure he did. His comic timing is terrific. It is a character-driven film about sacrifice, about making things right, to live life and find happiness. This one is a family movie, yes, you can watch it with no qualms! Message: Follow your heart and live your life.
jackasstrange As someone which had zero expectations towards this film, i found it to be somewhat impressive. It's not a comedy film nowhere near of the level of 'Groundhog Day', arguably the best comedy of that year, but still, it's a enjoyable film.Of course, it's After Life's premise is very interesting, although with a strong inspiration in 'Ghost'. The first forty minutes and so are excellent and by far the best part in the film. The build-up was so interesting that i forgot the childish tones in the film. But unfortunately, the film goes downhill and it's climax really don't offers enough to the excellent build-up of the film. It's a question of action-reaction: If you creates a great conflict, you expect a great answer. Also, the cinematography was good, with a very good art design, notably using blue lightning everywhere adding an aureate feeling to it. Robert Downey Jr. don't did so much to the film,though. His acting was very below average. So, this film can be an interesting pass-time. But not recommended, unfortunately. 5.8/10
KineticSeoul This is a heartfelt ghost movie with living characters that takes a bit of a patience to get into. Especially since in the beginning it shoes the life of some of the characters before they became ghosts. But it's understandable since the movie wants you to have a bit of a attachment to the characters, but unfortunately it's done in a bit of a dull manner. The direction and acting comes off a bit childish and doesn't seem all that realistic despite the premise having ghosts and all. The dialogue is a bit lame and the cinematography felt like your watching a play. Anyways the ghosts is set with boundaries to be where everywhere this baby goes and the baby can see and hear the ghosts. And it shows the baby grow up and become a adult. And the main story starts from there although the premise is creepy in a stalking kinda way. And the rules that are given to the ghost later on is just ridiculous. Most of the way through although it seemed to have some potential just goes in a silly and goofy direction and not for good either. The thing is the movie just goes in a really predictable direction from beginning to end. It's a slightly heartfelt movie with ghosts but the execution could have been more unique. Overall it's a watchable movie that you can watch with the whole family.5.8/10
capone666 Heart and SoulsSince kids can talk to ghosts, we should get them to ask our deceased relatives where they hid all of those rare silver dollars.Unfortunately, the lost souls haunting the little boy in this comedy are the ones who are asking him for salvation.Twenty-five years after the four spirits (Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, Alfre Woodard) that were bound to him after they died in a bus crash disappeared, the now grown up and callous Thomas (Robert Downey Jr.) is surprised to find them asking for his help. In exchange, they assist him with wooing his frustrated girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue).While not enough time is spent on exploring each of the wannabe-angels unfinished business, Heart and Souls is ultimately an amusing anecdote about removing remorse from your eternal records.Furthermore, it exposes the prejudiced nature of the afterlife: Rich, white kids can afford to have multiple guardian angels. (Yellow Light)