New York City is a place where it doesn't pay to have a soul, especially not if you're an actor. Paul Giamatti (Paul Giamatti) is an actor working on a new part in a Russian play. He finds that he can no longer separate himself from the character anymore and is simply stuck. He sees an ad for "soul storage." In the phone book, he finds the number for a place that will store your soul for you. He prefers not to look on the inside of his soul before it is extracted. Would you want to look on the inside of your soul? He just wants it out of him for a while. When he sees the size and color of his soul, Paul once again is upset, but without a soul, he gets over it. Dr. Flintstein (David Strathairn) tells him that they got 95% of the soul, but a bit always remains.

Living daily life without a soul is a new experience. He no longer has the dark thoughts or feels the weight of life, but he also doesn't have any emotion at all. He goes back to the soul storage and they offer him a solution. They can rent him someone else's soul so that he can perform the play satisfactorily. Not knowing what else to do, he chooses the soul of a Russian poet, perfect for the role. But having someone else's soul brings a whole new level of complication to the problem. Can he live with someone else inside him?

Then there's the Russian woman that he saw inside the clinic, Nina (Dina Korzun). She's got a very interesting job and will affect Paul's life more than he ever thought possible. Nina's boss's wife, Sveta (Katheryn Winnick), decides that she wants a new soul and Nina has to bring it to her. Cold Souls really makes you think about what the soul is. Is it something that can be separated and if so, would you really want to live life without a soul?

In addition to the film, there are Deleted Scenes and the Soul Extractor to add to the film. The Deleted Scenes really aren't necessary to the story which is probably why they were deleted, but they add more insights into the humor of the lack of a soul. The Soul Extractor is about just that. They go through how they designed the machine and why.

Paul Giamatti won an International Film Festival Award for his role in Cold Souls and the film was nominated for quite a few more awards, and it is very easy to see why. The acting is amazing from everyone and the screenplay is very well written. It makes you think about life in a humorous way without forcing it down your throat. Everything is very well done and quite wonderful. If you like comedies that also make you think, I recommend you check out Cold Souls today!