Overview
A poignant tale of love and loss, where promises transcend time and memory.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- wistful
- tender
- date night
- rainy day viewing
What critics said
Critics and audiences broadly embraced the film as a well-acted, emotionally affecting Korean fantasy romance with strong mainstream appeal.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Soo-a returns to Woo-jin and Ji-ho on a rainy day despite having died, creating the film's central emotional premise.
Soo-a reappears without memories, while her relationship with Woo-jin and connection to Ji-ho are rebuilt through shared experiences.
Woo-jin raises Ji-ho alone after Soo-a's death, and the mother-son bond remains the emotional core of the reunion.
Soo-a's promised return is tied to the rainy season, making rain a recurring emotional and supernatural motif.
Films like Be with You, and why
The Lake House
Shared melancholic romance, supernatural reunion, family bonds, and tearjerker emotionality.
Always
Shared reincarnation-adjacent fantasy, enduring first love, and wistful romantic drama.
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Shared parent-child emotion, magical realism, and cathartic family melodrama.
Ghost
Shared resurrection premise, bittersweet romance, and intimate domestic sentiment.
Movie Details
- Director
- Lee Jang-hoon
- Release Date
- 2018-03-14
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 (226)
Cast
- So Ji-sub
- Son Ye-jin
- Kim Ji-hwan
- Ko Chang-seok
- Lee Jun-hyeok
- Son Yeo-eun
- Lee You-jin
- Kim Hyeon-soo
- Bae Yu-ram
- Seo Jeong-yeon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AsianCrush, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kocowa
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Be with You about?
- A widowed father and his son receive an impossible second chance when the mother they lost returns in the rain without her memories.
- What is Be with You like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Be with You as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Be with You violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Be with You as mild.
- What did critics think of Be with You?
- Critics and audiences broadly embraced the film as a well-acted, emotionally affecting Korean fantasy romance with strong mainstream appeal.
- Which films are like Be with You?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lake House, Always, Miracle in Cell No. 7, and Ghost.
- How long is Be with You?
- Be with You runs 132 minutes.
- Where can I watch Be with You?
- In United States, Be with You streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AsianCrush, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kocowa.
