Heaven's Postman

Heaven’s Postman (Postman to Heaven) is a South Korean-Japanese film that was released in 2009 starring JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong.

Plot

Shin Jae Joon (Kim Jaejoong) was the youngest CEO of an IT company yet neglected his life and the choices made around him. While taking his promising life for granted does he find himself in an accident that leaves him in a comatose state where God then declares him as Heaven’s Postman to make up for wasted time. Jae Joon is basically the being that delivers letters from grieving people who have lost their loved ones to Heaven.

Soon, he unexpectedly comes across Jo Hana (Han Hyo Joo), a young woman that writes letters of pure resentment to her dead lover. After Jae Joon realizes the depth of those harsh words written in one does he confront her to state that being hateful towards the deceased is nothing but wrong. When Hana refuses his claim and tries reasoning her way out does the chemistry between the two start expanding from day one.

Being utterly lonely and slightly curious of this mystery man does Hana start questioning who Jae Joon is and why he reads and takes the letters from Heaven’s Mailbox found in a beautiful green field. Also being basked in loneliness does Jae Joon find himself as nothing more than a ghost who promises peace and happiness by lying to those who lost their loved ones by writing responses to their letters, he and Hana become a duo that constantly come up with interesting ideas and ways for people to cope with their loss.

But of course, the time Hana and Jae Joon have start to diminish as only the ones who are grieving over the dead can see Heaven’s Postman and time seems to become unlimited for the two individuals slowly falling in love with each other

Overall

Let me just go on to state that this movie had a very interesting plotline, I just think the way it was written really confused me as I didn’t know if Shin Jae Joon was alive or dead. Near the end of the movie do you realize that only people who had lost their loved ones and were grieving for the dead could see him and no one else meaning that Hana, who had lost her lover, could only see Jae Joon because she was still in mourning.

Not only was the way the story told slightly a turn off for me, but also the fact that Jo Hana’s character had constantly annoyed me into near submission. Seriously, sitting on the corner of the couch just covering my eyes with my blanket because she had gotten so unbearable really distracted me from the dialogue which had been very promising.

It was hard for me to even stay awake through the hour and thirty-seven minute movie to be honest. While Jaejoong did a wonderful job in acting, I really couldn’t appreciate him as much in this movie because I knew that he had so much more potential. Plus the on screen chemistry Jae Joon was supposed to have with Hana really didn’t sell me. They looked more like best friends than an actual couple. The only time I was convinced that they were in love was by the end where they actually had a very intimate connection when re-finding each other after their hardships.

If anything, I recommend that you don’t waste your time with this.