Together

Name: Together
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 24, 2001
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 84
Cast: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist

2001

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IFC Films | Release Date: August 24, 2001 | R

Starring: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist

Summary: A group of young people all living under the same roof in mid-70's Sweden finds themselves questioning their long-held social and political beliefs as the world rapidly changes around them. [IFC Films]

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Together is unabashedly about people who need people. The film's satiric skewering of '70s liberalism works because it feels emotionally authentic.

Dave Kehr

One of the most pleasant foreign films of the year, a funny, graceful and immensely good-natured work. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Moodysson captures exactly the preening narcissism and gumption of these frazzled would-be revolutionaries trying to wriggle out of their bourgeois straitjackets. Read full review

William Arnold

It's a brilliant little microcosm of the '60s experience that, in a most gentle way, shows us how the counterculture probably was doomed from its inception. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

On one level, Together is a countercultural soap opera, though played more as bittersweet comedy than as drama. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Together's portrait of its social moment is right-on. Read full review

Michael Sragow

A friendly movie, as scruffy and cozy as a woolen watch cap. Read full review

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ryancarroll88

Aug 26, 2010

Usually when a film is innately counterculture, it tries to at least appeal to that sort of audience. "Together" does exactly the opposite - it might be the harshest criticism of indivisualism I've seen on screen; it presents free choice as an empty idea that is rarely practiced by itsUsually when a film is innately counterculture, it tries to at least appeal to that sort of audience. "Together" does exactly the opposite - it might be the harshest criticism of indivisualism I've seen on screen; it presents free choice as an empty idea that is rarely practiced by its supporters. Rather, it says that conventions exist for a reason: they're meant to prevent us from tearing each other apart. As bold as a message this is, the movie is likely to alienate its most avid supporters: people without an open mind. (Yes, that is an insult.)… Expand

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