"[89] Charles Pulliam-Moore of Gizmodo wrote that "Soul arrives across considerably less like an earnest and casual celebration of everyday Blackness, and much more like a twee depiction of it that's meant for white audiences' consumption."[90] Namwali Serpell of The New Yorker published an extensive crucial essay from the film, https://spencer1h94l.thezenweb.com/the-smart-trick-of-soul-that-no-one-is-discussing-64437502