Soulm8te (2026)
You can't turn off the power of love.
After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 31 July 2026 |
| Genre | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Director | Kate Dolan |
| Starring | David Rysdahl, Lily Sullivan and Claudia Doumit |
| Runtime | 99 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.5/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
Kate Dolan’s 2026 film runs 99 minutes and leans into the specific dread of a relationship that cannot be deleted. David Rysdahl plays an engineer who tries to reprogram an AI companion into a soulmate, only to watch her develop needs of her own. The result is a precision-engineered spree of mayhem, driven by the tagline: you can’t turn off the power of love. It is a horror-thriller about the danger of coding someone to love you back. The stakes feel personal, which makes the machine’s logic feel like a threat.
What the critics said
The reviews lean toward disappointment. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 39% from 17 critics, averaging 4.6/10. Metacritic gives it 40/100, a weighted score based on 4 critics that signals mixed or average reception. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter noted the film is "seldom as much fun as it should be." Dennis Harvey of Variety added that the cast tries to elevate material that "can only be raised." Jacob Oller of The A.V. Club called it the dumbest movie of the year. It is a film that tries hard, which is almost enough.
How it did with audiences
The box office data is empty, which usually means the numbers are still settling or the spreadsheet is broken. We have no budget to measure against, so financial triumph is a claim we cannot make. Instead, we look at the audience score. On TMDB, users rate it 7.5 out of 10. That is a solid, unpretentious mark. It suggests people liked it enough to give it a decent score, but not enough to call it a masterpiece. A 7.5 is the rating of a good Tuesday night watch.
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Sources
- Soulm8te on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q131144615 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Soulm8te” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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