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Happy Together
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Art/Independent | Drama | Foreign | Gay/Lesbian | Romance
Written by: Kar Wai Wong
Directed by: Kar Wai Wong
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 30, 1997
DVD: September 2, 2003
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: Hong Kong
Language(s): Mandarin / Cantonese / Spanish
Summary
RATING: Unrated
Starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Chen Chang
Yiu-Fai (Leung) and Po-Wing (Cheung) travel from Hong Kong to Argentina in an attempt to save their relationship.
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What The Critics Said
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Variety Derek Elley
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
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]
Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
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.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Wong returns once more to what he seems to know best - the visual poetry of the urban Asian night, a world of characters on the move, coming and going, never really getting anywhere. [5 Dec 1997]
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Structurally and dramatically this is all over the place, but stylistically it's gripping, and thematically it suggests an oblique response to the end of Hong Kong's colonial rule.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The vignettes don't add up to a story, but Wong's nervy brio and subterranean-fantasy style make for an arresting work about an exotic subculture.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Acerbic, moody, and provocatively slight, it's a movie of apparent non sequiturs and privileged moments. [21 Oct 1997]
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Wong Kar-Wai, whose energetic and inventive style isn't enough to give the shallow story the substance and resonance it needs.
Read Full Review >Empire Ian Freer
In the absence of any genuine emotional wallop, it is the directorial pizzazz that pulls you through. Just about.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
An abundance of style and an almost total lack of substance make Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together a visually arresting but ultimately unrewarding excursion. [31 Oct 1997]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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