Soulmate

THEY DID A GREAT JOB BUT EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH THE ORIGINAL ONE FIRST

First of all please watch the original one first !!! And I'm not really a person to write reviews but let's try for thiss !! Forgive mee for any mistakes


Now i'mma start my views on this movie. I expected a lot from this as this starr Kim Dami, one of my favourite actresses. As i watched the original one first I'm able to find some flaws in this movie but also some great changes they did !!!

The actors did a great job with their roles but somehow Jeon so nee's acting sometimes (only in few scenes) seemed a little off. But afterall she did good. And because of some cuts of scenes from the original one which were actually important according to me to show to the audience, i was a little sad.

I loved how they showed some scenes with more logic and connections which were missing in the original one.

However i loved this moviee !! But as I said already the original one first !!

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What's new from the Korean remake?

As someone who has watched the original or the Chinese film in the same title which was basis of this remake, the key difference I have seen was it was more intimate in portraying their friendship as it gave more platonic aspects. Also, the timeline in their lives were more established and clearer in the Chinese film rather than the Korean remake that's why some were confused what happened when Misoo and Haeun were apart or what's the real story from the blog site and on what truly happened.

Nonetheless, the emotions even the ending was there which was not far from the original. Still, I highly recommend that you watch the Chinese film since it was more dramatic from how different the two women lives were and how their bond remained strong over the years. I know some of you will say that the remake could make itself different from the original, however, the Chinese film was so good that I can't help but to compare them.

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I literally cried my eyes out on this movie!

Honestly this movie was on my watchlist for alot of time and I finally decided to watch it. And I again of course cried. Haeun and miso's friendship was really good. Honestly, I tried to understand both of their point of views. Haeun was a calm minded person who keeps things to herself and bottle up her emotions. Where as miso was the hasty one who says things on face. I cried alot at the ending. Haeun deserved so much better. So did miso, she wasn't wrong but she wasn't right either. When she was wearing jinwoo's necklace the whole time it didn't made sense to me but when in the ending they showed that haeun saw them kissing - and when miso asked to borrow the necklace I understood miso's point of view. Jinwoo said that necklace saved him from dying when he was a child, and miso wanted to be saved from the world, i may be wrong but that's what my mind goes like. It wasn't wrong in miso's pov. But someone who can understand haeun better, I understand haeun's dejection and disappointment. I liked it that miso completed the drawing of herself x that haeun couldn't. I liked it that she wants others to think haeun is still alive though she is not. Their bond wasn't fragile. I cried after the movie got completed for 2 hours straight. So just go for it.

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Soulmate sat on my watchlist for the longest time, and honestly, my only regret is not watching it sooner. This movie didn’t just make me cry, it made me cry warm tears, the kind that hurt but also feel comforting.

Plot*
The story follows two girls, Mi-so and Ha-eun, who couldn’t be more different. They meet as children when Mi-so moves to Jeju Island, and somehow, despite being complete opposites, they become inseparable. Their bond is so strong that when Mi-so’s mother decides to leave Jeju, Mi-so chooses to stay behind and live with Ha-eun’s family. From that point on, they’re no longer just friends, they’re sisters.
As they grow up, Ha-eun starts dating a boy who slowly becomes part of their little world, turning the trio into something like the “three musketeers.” But cracks begin to form when it becomes clear that Ha-eun’s boyfriend is more drawn to Mi-so. The moment Mi-so realizes this, she makes a quiet but life-altering decision: she leaves Jeju to follow her dreams, leaving Ha-eun behind with promises of letters and stories.

Spoilers ahead *

But Soulmate is so much deeper than its plot. At its core, this is a story about love and letting go about choosing pain for yourself if it means protecting the person you love.

When Mi-so moves to Seoul, her life is harsh and unstable. She takes on exhausting, jobs just to survive, her life is anything but confortable. But in the letters she sends Ha-eun, she hides all of that. Instead, she tells stories of adventure, traveling through Europe, seeing the places they once dreamed of together. On paper, her life is magical and free. In reality, it’s lonely and brutal. And she carries that burden alone, because she doesn’t want Ha-eun to worry.

Meanwhile, Ha-eun stays in Jeju. She gives up her dream of painting, becomes a teacher, and eventually agrees to marry her childhood boyfriend. But as her life moves forward, something feels deeply wrong. She slowly realizes a painful truth: no one has ever loved her the way Mi-so did. Mi-so wasn’t just her best friend, she was the only person who truly saw her, believed in her, and wanted nothing but the best for her.

That realization changes everything.

Ha-eun leaves her wedding behind and moves to Seoul, following the life Mi-so once lived. She rents the same apartment Mi-so narrated in her letters and finally pursues painting. For nine months, she devotes herself entirely to her art, drawing the person she loved most, the person who understood her better than anyone else.

One of the most heartbreaking moments for me is when Ha-eun, after revealing her pregnancy, turns to Mi-so and offers her a family: the two of them, together, with the baby. That scene alone destroyed me.

The ending*

The film gives us two endings, one imagined, one real. In one version, Ha-eun gives birth, leaves the baby with Mi-so, and travels the world, finally free, just like in Mi-So's letters. Mi-so raises the child and names her Ha-eun.
In the other, we learn the truth: Ha-eun died, and Mi-so chose to keep her alive through stories. And suddenly, everything clicks. Ha-eun never traveled not physically She finishes Ha-eun’s paintings and exhibits her work, making sure the world sees her talent. But what broke me most is the choice Mi-so makes afterward: she keeps Ha-eun’s death a secret. To Jin-woo. To the gallery. To the world. Instead, she tells everyone that Ha-eun is traveling, living freely somewhere far away. Mi-so gives her the freedom she never had. She lets her rest inside a dream instead of a grave.

And that’s when I understood what this movie was really about.
This isn’t a romantic love story. It’s not about choosing someone over another person. It’s about choosing love over truth, kindness over closure. It’s about loving someone so deeply that you carry their dreams for them when they no longer can.
A lot of people frame Mi-so and Ha-eun’s relationship as romantic, but to me, it’s something purer and harder to define. They are soulmates in the truest sense, two people who shaped each other, who saw each other fully, who wanted nothing but the other’s happiness. Soulmates aren’t always lovers. Sometimes they are friends. Sometimes they are sisters. Sometimes they are the one person who understands you when no one else ever will.

To love someone isn’t to possess them.
To love someone is to step back.
To love someone is to make the hardest choices so they can be happy.
To love someone is to let go.

Mi-so left when she realized her presence could hurt Ha-eun. She endured loneliness, poverty, and silence to protect her. And when Ha-eun was gone, Mi-so loved her enough to let her live on, in stories, in art, in movement.

This movie shattered me. It felt like a long, quiet love letter written in grief. The cinematography, especially the Jeju Island scenery only deepened that sense of longing and nostalgia. Everything felt soft, distant, and aching, like a memory you don’t want to let fade.
I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over Soulmate.
It didn’t just make me sad it made me reflect on the people who have shaped my life, the ones who loved me quietly, and the ones I would choose again, in any lifetime.

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Beautiful or toxic?

I see this movie often described as a “beautiful” friendship, but I don’t see it that way at all. What I watched and saw was an unhealthy, co-dependent attachment between two people who were never taught, so never knew, how to communicate or set boundaries.

Ha-eun suppresses everything she feels out of fear of abandonment, while Mi-so takes up all the emotional space, crossing boundaries without consequence. It's then somehow romanticised and regarded as profound but it creates an imbalance which is damaging. Their bond feels intense, but intensity alone doesn’t make something meaningful or healthy.
The idea that they are each other’s “home” is also misleading. It only feels that way because neither of them had the emotional support or guidance to develop healthy relationships elsewhere. Their bond is framed as a deep understanding of each other, but in reality, it's two people reinforcing each other’s unmet needs.

While the movie captures the emotional weight of their connection, it fails to challenge the toxicity of it. There’s no real accountability, no intervention, and no clarity that what we’re watching is harmful. That makes the “beautiful” label particularly problematic, especially for younger audiences who may confuse emotional intensity with love or value.

In the end, I feel this movie is not a beautiful story but a tragic one. It's a portrayal of the consequences of people clinging to each other without the tools to grow, communicate, or let go.

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this one also made me cry

* this is my review copied from letterboxd!!

truthfully, I liked the original a bit better but what I liked about this movie was the small little extra scenes that they added! I think it gave a little extra depth to their friendship that I think the original was missing!

ALSOO the addition of mi so finishing ha eun's photo was such a beautiful scene and the little postcards T_T I think it really added another layer to this movie that i really enjoyed!

originally rated this 3½ but I had to bump it up to 4 i think the ending was done so much better and did it justice to mi so and ha eun's friendship that i think the original lacked a bit ♡

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Love and Friendship

such a beautiful movie. the movie makes you glued to the screen and i would like to thank the director for that, so many beautiful scenes and the color gradient so good. i’m not really the type to cry over movies but this one hit the spot. reminded me of my own past friendships and the hardships we faced together. i also wish had done things differently but the past is the past.
also definitely one of kim dami’s best performances. jeon sonee was also good but in some moments her acting seemed a bit off and Wooseok also looked kinda weird in some parts. but really good movie overall

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Just got done watching this movie, I think first and foremost I can just sum it up in one word, wow. At first I was a bit hesitant in the first half of the movie but after it gets closer to the end things start to make a lot more sense and things connect in ways that are super satisfying. I think at most I can say that one would just have to watch it to understand the twists that happen in the movie that make it truly an emotional journey. A story about friends that are super close throughout most of their years and develop their own lives whilst maintaining said friendship. I would recommend it to anyone that wants to feel something and would even recommend it to anyone just wanting to watch a good movie. I give the movie a 9.5/10 because I think there are some aspects that could have been a bit better but it was near perfection in my opinion.

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“ no one in this world ever loved you, except me “

A beautiful movie about love, friendship, soulmate and a lot of feelings
A MUST WATCH
“ no one in this world ever loved you, except me “ -SOULMATE
A MOVIE WHO DEFINITE THE MEANING OF “ SOULMATE “
A sad happy ending + a plot twist + a lot of feeling + a lot of up and downs + a lot of love + dreams.
SOULMATE is someone who you have a special relationship with , more than JUST FRIENDS .
🩷love Kim da-mi 🩷
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(😭i didn’t write much , it’s my first time trying to write a review)

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