Heart and Souls (1993)
Directed by Ron Underwood
Genres - Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Fantasy Comedy, Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies |
Release Date - Aug 13, 1993 (USA) |
Run Time - 103 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Karl Williams
Director Ron Underwood follows up his crowd-pleasing hit City Slickers (1991) with this likable, feel-good comedy drama about a selfish businessman who discovers that he's permanently being followed by a group of ghosts. In 1959, a bus accident links the spirits of four fatally injured passengers to a newborn baby whose birth is caused by the crash. For 25 years, Milo (Tom Sizemore), Harrison (Charles Grodin), Penny (Alfre Woodard) and Julia (Kyra Sedgwick) remain bound to Thomas Reilly (Robert Downey Jr.), who believes the quartet to be imaginary childhood friends that have long since disappeared. When the four spooks suddenly realize that they are meant to use Thomas as a conduit to bring closure to their unfinished corporeal lives, they reemerge, causing Thomas to think that he's gone insane. As he becomes reattached to his supernatural companions, however, Thomas' innate decency asserts itself and he begins helping them to right the wrongs in their lives, allowing them to possess his body to achieve their goal of settling accounts and moving on into the afterlife.
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ghost, afterlife, redemption, friendship, soul, reincarnation, bus, psychiatry
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Sleeper