Heart and souls

Year of release : 1993

Run time : 1h44min

Genre : Comedy / Drama

Cast : Robert Downey Jr, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Sizemore, Kyra Sedgwick

Harrison is a singer with stage fright, who just can't seem to be able to sing in front of anyone.He goes to an audition,but he leaves afraid to perform.

Julia doesn't know if to accept the man she loves' proposal, to move in with him in the house he bought for the both of them,as she doesn't want to end up like her mother.

Milo is a small con artist,with a guilty conscience,as after stealing expensive stamps from a 10 year old kid,for a rich man, he breaks into the rich man's house,trying to steal them back for the kid.

Penny is a single mother with 3 kids, who has to work nights.

They all end up on the same bus,which due to the bus driver being distracted by what other people were doing in their car, crashes.

Now dead,they are connected or tied, to a newborn,who's parents missed the collision with the bus.

They go on for 33 years bond to this man,not knowing why,until one day, the bus driver who k1lled them,now driving the Afterlife bus, comes to take them,telling them all this time spent on earth,they should have used by using their vessel to solve their problems. I don't know about you,but to me this sounds awful,vessel for ghosts! What a sh!t idea! That someone's whole purpose in life is to solve the problems of the dead! It shouldn't be anyone's problem what people they don't know, and who are dead, dealt with!

So,these ghosts decide to use the man for their gain.

This was supposed to be a comedy,but I didn't find it funny, as the ghosts just seemed selfish, using the man,and what's most annoying ,they messed with him,trying to see if they can possess him ,when he was in an important meeting with all of his company bosses!

They almost cost him his job, having him act crazy,because they were in his body picking on his colleagues and bosses. Then they almost cost him his relationship,as he keeps on missing meeting his girlfriend's parents.

Oh,and they almost k1lled him in a car crash,as they tried to make him see them while he was driving!

I don't know about you, but this is not funny nor entertaining!

The acting was great,especially from Robert Downey Jr, who has to act like a woman a few times,as the women possess him. Also,if that was his voice,when singing,he also has a great voice!

The visual effects were great!

I honestly don't remember the soundtrack .

The movie is labeled a romance,but I don't see it.

 

The movie received mixed reviews, and was a box office flop (I'm glad,as such movies shouldn't be rewarded), as it grossed 16.5 million dollars against a budget of 25 million.

The movie is for rent / sale on Amazon ,AppleTv, Sky Store.

Rating : Could have been a contender!