8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Be with You (2018)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film focuses on universal themes of love, loss, and family, exploring personal grief and resilience without engaging with specific political ideologies or societal critiques.
The movie features casting that is traditional for its South Korean cultural context, without explicit efforts to introduce diversity through race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative focuses on a traditional family structure, portraying its characters and their identities in a neutral to positive light, without engaging in critiques of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the story.
Secondary
The film 'Be with You' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story primarily focuses on a heterosexual romantic relationship and family dynamics, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences present in the plot.
The film "Be with You" is a romantic drama centered on a heterosexual couple and their child, exploring themes of love, loss, and family. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative. The story does not engage with transgender identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2018 film "Be with You" is a remake of a 2004 Japanese film and a novel. All major characters, including the returning mother, the father, and the son, maintain their established genders from the original source material. There are no instances of characters being portrayed as a different gender than their canonical depiction.
The 2018 South Korean film is an adaptation of a Japanese novel and film. While the nationality of the characters shifts from Japanese to Korean, both fall within the broader East Asian racial category, thus not meeting the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
8.2
Critic Ratings
8.0
N/A
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