Heart and Souls
- Robert Downey Jr.: Thomas Reilly
- Charles Grodin: Harrison Winslow
- Alfre Woodard: Penny Washington
- Kyra Sedgwick: Julia
- Tom Sizemore: Milo Peck
- David Paymer: bus driver Hal
- Elisabeth Shue: Anne
- Bill Calvert: Frank Reilly
- Lisa Lucas: Eva Reilly
- Eric Lloyd: Thomas Reilly ( the age of seven )
- Richard Portnow: Max Marco
- B. B. King: He himself
- Kurtwood Smith - Patterson
- Chloe Webb - patient
4 Heart and Souls (Original Title: Heart and Souls ) is an American comedy film directed by Ron Underwood from 1993 In the comedy Robert Downey Jr., Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard and Tom Sizemore are seen..
Action
In 1959, Julia, Harrison Winslow, Penny Washington and Milo Peck drive in San Francisco with a trolleybus. They die after an accident and at the same moment Thomas is born to which they are magically bound. Their spirits show themselves to the small Thomas Reilly. And he is also the only one who can see them. This influences the boy so much that people think he was crazy ( talking to himself and dancing to songs that sing the ghosts ) and then the spirits make them invisible to him, to spare him further trouble.
After many years, Reilly has already grown up. He is a businessman, deep trouble his relationship with Anne. The ghosts appear to him again. Reilly helps the spirits to settle the unfinished business in life matters. Milo Peck brings back the stolen stamps. The singer Harrison Winslow sings during a concert. Penny Washington finds out what happened to their children after their death.
Every time when a thing is done, the trolley with the spirit of the accident the driver of her death appears to take one of the spirits to the afterlife. The last spirit, that of Julia, learns that Julia's fiance died already, so she could not tell him her feelings. But she has Thomas points out that he does the same with Anne as she with her fiance and that he must not repeat their mistake. So she sees her as a thing done, and continues with the trolley bus to the afterlife.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on Reel Views, the plot is implausible. The jokes are not funny, the audience can not identify with the characters. Berardinelli praised the portrayal of Tom Sizemore and criticized the representations of Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Charles Grodin and Elisabeth Shue.
Rita Kempley compared the film in the Washington Post of 13 August 1993 with the Punch and Judy show. The plot WOULD mechanically.
Awards
Robert Downey Jr. won the Saturn Award in 1994. The film received nine nominations for the Saturn Award, including Best Fantasy Film, for the performer Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Tom Sizemore and Alfre Woodard, for the direction of Ron Underwood, for the screenplay and the music by Marc Shaiman.
Eric Lloyd in 1994 was nominated for the Young Artist Award.