Film

Together

Name: Together
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2021
Cast: James McAvoy, Sharon Horgan, Samuel Logan

Other titles called Together: the 2000 film.

A couple confined to their home during lockdown confronts decades of accumulated resentment, miscommunication, and the small kindnesses that might still save them. It's tender and bruising by turns, funny without being glib about real pain. For anyone who's ever wondered if their relationship could survive actual proximity.

TMDb rating

2.9

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like a couple's marriage picked apart in tight rooms, where the jokes come from exhausted, bickering intimacy and the stakes stay small and specific.

Skip it if you want the pandemic kept at arm's length, since this one lives entirely inside lockdown, two people in one flat, and the bickering can grind on.

What it asks of you: Ninety-two minutes, mostly indoors and mostly talk, with the mood swinging between sharp laughs and a slow ache; patience matters more than attention.

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