Soul Mates

Most people dream about finding that special partner who you feel is the one you want to spend your life with. Some people are very lucky finding someone while for some people it is much more difficult finding that special one. I have always believed that you should´t look too much but just see what happens. Let´s say if you go out dancing, don´t set up too high expectations and just enjoy the evening instead. If you do meet someone and you enjoy spending time with that person, just take it from there and see what happens. I remember during my single years in my early 20´s, i wasn´t even looking for relationships but ended up in one with a girl named Marie. She was obsessed in the James Cameron film Titanic and watched it every week, even played the sountrack CD constantly. After we broke up i promised myself that im not going into a relationship with a Titanic obssessed woman again, it was too much to handle hearing Titanic soundtrack on repeat. Speaking of relationships i enjoy watching short films now and then. I usually don´t watch a lot of them simply because i usually watch full feature films instead. You might think short films are easy to do but there is quite a lot of work behind a short film if you really want people to notice your film. It has to have a interesting story or have great characters included. One short film i remember from this year that i watched on the YouTube channel Omeleto is a short film called Vanilla. Directed by Chase Pearson this short films is about single man known as Clark ( Aaron Latta-Morissette ) who goes on a date with Helen ( Melanie Rains ). It turns out that Helen have a very strange request that Clark did not expect. Vanilla is a charming story about dating gone terribly wrong and if you enjoy short films you should check it out on YouTube channel Omeleto. I had an oppurtunity to see a short film called Soul Mates from director Michelle Tomlison. I have not seen any of her previous films so far, so i was curious to see what Soul Mates is all about. Is this one of the better short films this year so far or is it not as good as i was hoping it would be?

Sean ( Jim Sea ) arrives home from the hospital to tell his wife Abby ( Kristine Isom ) some bad news. He is ill and may not live very long, so they begin to plan vacations to enjoy their final moments together before Sean is ready to pass on. One day in bed Abby watches her husband fall asleep for good, which is breaking her apart. They have lived so many years together and now she has to adjust to a life on her own.

If you are not a fan of dramatic full feature films or short films in this category, this might not be what you are looking for. However, if you want to see a beautiful story being told about an older couple going through their last moment together i guarantee you will be emotionally affected. The scene where the character Sean ( Jim Sea ) tells his wife Abby ( Kristine Isom ) he doesn´t have much time left, you would have to be a very cold person if that scene doesn´t make you cry. I think what especially makes that scene strong is the performance by actors Jim Sea and Kristine Isom, they really try to capture this sad moment through their acting. I personally think this is the best part of the short film Soul Mates and i wish it would have lasted a few more minutes with the magical screen presence of Jim Sea and Kristine Isom, i really love their dialogue scenes. So when we get to the scene where the character Nigel ( Josh Horton ) meets Poppy ( Sydney Carvill ) it is a sweet story but it´s just not as powerful as the story of Sean and Abby. There is no doubt that Soul Mates is a beautiful short film that will definetely make you think about how important it is to live life filled with good memories, knowing that one day it will end. Director Michelle Tomlinson deliver a short film that does not only look really good but also have a very important message with Soul Mates that i believe a lot of people worldwide can relate to. If you love to see stories that are meant to make you feel the atmosphere and emotions from a powerful story, Soul Mates will definetely find it´s way into your heart.

Rating: DDD