Soulmates (2021) – Amazon

What if you could take a test that would reveal with 100% accuracy your perfect soulmate; the one person in all the world you were most meant to love and who would most love you?

Would you take that test? Would you take it if you were single? Would you take it if you were married, but the flames of love for your spouse had dimmed over the years to an occasional flicker? Would you take the test if you were in a happy and fulfilling relationship, but wondered how much better things might be with your perfect match?

Scientific search for love

These ‘what ifs’ form the heart of Soulmates, a new six-part anthology of short films on Amazon Prime. Set in a near future where Soul Connex have developed a simple and painless test which identifies your soul particle and finds your perfect match, each episode holds up a mirror which reflects back to us what we think about love, commitment, the search for happiness, and the place of science in our 21st-century lives. And as you would expect from one of the co-writers of Black Mirror, the stories unsettle the viewer and each has a sting in the tail.