spoilers ahead!! be with you (2018) wrecked me in the softest way possible. like, not ugly crying, but that quiet, chest-heavy ache that just stays after the credits roll. it’s the kind of movie that doesn’t try too hard; it just lets the emotions sit in the air, slow and gentle, like drizzle on a window.
so ji-sub as woo-jin really nails that awkward, grieving, still-in-love husband thing. and son ye-jin... bro. she just is the memory of love. she plays soo-ah with that fragile warmth that makes you forget she’s technically dead for most of the film LOL. the kid too!! ji-ho felt so real; like the way he looked at his mom, it hit too close.
it’s not really about the supernatural “why” or “how.” it’s more like... what if love had a rain delay? what if you got one more summer to say goodbye properly? it’s comforting and cruel at the same time. i also loved how the cinematography had that washed-out green-blue palette; very “nostalgia bottled up in a rain jar” energy.
the twist about the time travel could’ve gone corny, but it weirdly worked. it added this poetic layer to her promise, like fate folding in on itself just to let her keep it. not many movies pull that off without being sappy, but this one kinda just floats there, half magical, half mundane.
ending? yeah. tears. no overdramatic storm, just quiet acceptance. the letter, the diary, the rain stopping; it’s such a simple metaphor but it lands.
rating: 8.7/10 — soft tragedy done right. feels like being hugged and stabbed at the same time (affectionately). would rewatch on a rainy sunday with hot tea n regrets. :’)
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