Happy Together
Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    100
    Loose, buoyant and bracingly original.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    The result is a take-no-prisoners movie from one of Hong Kong's most idiosyncratic, shoot-from-the-hip filmmakers that's the very antithesis of sentimental gay love stories. [31 Oct 1997]
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    90
    Maverick director Wong Kar-wai manages to pour old wine into new jars with Happy Together, a fizzy chamber yarn about two gay Hong Kongers in Argentina that's as slim as a bamboo flute but is his most linear and mature work for some time.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Russell Smith
    89
    Thanks largely to the raw bravery and intensity of the two leads' performances, Happy Together takes a quantum leap forward in terms of visceral power.
  5. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    88
    Happy Together is Wong's most fully realized work. It is a pleasure to watch an interesting mind feel his way, and the result is something more than just a passing fancy.

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