The kind of movie they rarely make anymore: a high-concept, feel-good comedy full of great actors that is unafraid of sentimentality or goofiness. In the film, Downey plays a man who is saddled with four spirits (Tom Sizemore, Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin and Alfre Woodard), who have been with him since birth. (It’s a long story, but they died while he was being born. Just go with it.)
As he grows, he grapples to understand what will ultimately set them free, which leads to much wackiness, including sequences where the spirits hijack his body that allow Downey to engage in some killer physical comedy. “Heart and Souls” is Downey, Jr. at his most guileless, purely charming and leading-man handsome.
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