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- 2003
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 56 m
- 2003
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 56 m
Summary A coming-of-age tale woven together with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. (MGM)
Directed By: Kaige Chen
Written By: Xiaolu Xue, Kaige Chen
- 2003
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 56 m
- 2003
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 56 m
Together
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Summary A coming-of-age tale woven together with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. (MGM)
Directed By: Kaige Chen
Written By: Xiaolu Xue, Kaige Chen
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
25% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
60
67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
25% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Together is a likely candidate to become that one foreign-language film that jumps out of the art houses each year to become a mainstream phenomenon.
Viewers with a low tolerance for sentiment may balk, but the emotions are so true and the characters so appealing that the film should completely win you over.
To contextualize the story's lack of subtlety, it helps to see these casting choices as ongoing penance for the time when, as a boy, Chen denounced his own father to the Red Guard.
It may be a crowd-pleasing escapism, but it's that feel-good shmaltz that ultimately plays the film off-key.
The film doesn't amount to an emotionally palpable experience. Most of the stops it attempts to pull out are rusty. The movie ends with a gigantic lump in its throat, one that would take a tall glass of Barbara Stanwyck to wash down.
The performances are all terrific, but Together never jells as a compelling narrative.
Torpid, syrupy melodrama from the Chinese director of 1993's "Farewell My Concubine."
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Production Company
21 Century Shengkai Film,
21st Century Hero Film Investments,
Big Bang Creative,
China Film Group Corporation (CFGC),
China Movie Channel,
Chinarunn Entertainment Inc.
Release Date May 30, 2003
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating PG
Tagline Some lessons can only be learned by heart.
Website
http://www.togethermovie.com/
Awards
Golden Rooster Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Hundred Flowers Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Huabiao Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
