Happy Together

Name: Happy Together
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: October 30, 1997
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai

1997

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Kino Video | Release Date: October 30, 1997

Starring: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Summary: Yiu-Fai (Leung) and Po-Wing (Cheung) travel from Hong Kong to Argentina in an attempt to save their relationship.

Director: Kar Wai Wong

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 96 min

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Edward Guthmann

Loose, buoyant and bracingly original. Read full review

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]

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

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]

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

J. Hoberman

Acerbic, moody, and provocatively slight, it's a movie of apparent non sequiturs and privileged moments. [21 Oct 1997]

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]

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katezoe

Oct 28, 2021

An amazing film by the incredible director Wong Kar-Wai. Was completely transfixed by this study of love, sadness, relationship, queerness, and marginalization.

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mattlynn1996

Apr 22, 2018

This movie is so beautiful, so fragile, so distinguish, so disorientated, so lonely and so sad

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JLuis_001

Jun 12, 2021

A toxic relationship on the verge of self-destruction.
It's simple, and at the same time it isn't.
At least not with Wong Kar-Wai. Even so, that doesn't mean that he was infallible, after all, this film has problems that don't get solved, especially how unattractive the characters are. It'sA toxic relationship on the verge of self-destruction.
It's simple, and at the same time it isn't.

At least not with Wong Kar-Wai. Even so, that doesn't mean that he was infallible, after all, this film has problems that don't get solved, especially how unattractive the characters are.
It's impossible to connect with them. Since either they show love, which is actually passion, or they're constantly attacking each other.
It's a miserable relationship, I tell you that.

They don't seem to work together, with some exceptions, yet their loneliness when apart consumes them.
That's a bad combination, no matter where you look at it from, because the result will never be good.
The result will not be healthy for either of them.

Happy Together is an interesting and contemplative observation that is raised by the sure and concise hand of its director, together with the very good performances of its leading duo.
But for me it was far from being a movie that grabs you in the first instance.
It's more like one where you have to let it sink in slowly, although it may not be satisfying once you get to the end of the road.… Expand

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elliezhang12

Jul 12, 2021

my favorite wong kar wai film. so many layers and the best performance by Tony leung

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