IMDB Storyline:
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.
I recently wrote a review for Friday’s Finest on Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician’s Scheme, which was my No. 1 film of the year so far – until I saw Together, a film so darn relatable that I absolutely revelled in it. Oddly enough, the pull of the movie felt analogous to the magnetic attraction between the partners themselves. I found myself laughing and scared at the same time, completely invested in the couple, played with honesty and ease by real-life married duo Dave Franco and Alison Brie. And – call me a morbid peeper – but the sex scenes really did it for me.
I actually wanted to see it again, but I couldn’t – its run here in Colombian cinemas was cut surprisingly short, clearly not gelling with audiences. Meanwhile, another horror movie, Weopons (released here as The Hour of the Disappearance), is still going strong on the listings. I saw that one twice, the second time with my son, and it only got better on repeat viewing. That’s another smart, taut, and oddly funny horror film I’d highly recommend.
If there’s a movie that captures, through supernatural metaphor, what’s going wrong in modern society and relationships, it’s Together. It works as a mirror of our times: a surreal but recognisable reflection on gender fluidity, empathy turned inward, and love tipping into obsession. The first issue it dramatizes is blurred gender identity – men becoming more like women and vice versa – which is echoed in the couple’s gradual physical and emotional merging. The second is a kind of “fashionable empathy,” where standing in another’s shoes is pushed to extremes. Instead of genuine compassion or objectivity, the film shows empathy warped into control and self-erasure. The third is toxic dependency, which my friend Bernie nailed in his own review: “this midnight movie examines ‘you need me more than I need you, but I can’t live without you’… Metaphor for codependency becomes a treacherously entertaining ordeal.”
⚠️ Huge spoiler alert ahead: if this movie intrigues you, stop reading here. The less you know, the better, because it’s bonkers. This part is for those who’ve already seen it.
It wasn’t until about 30 seconds after the end credits rolled that it hit me: the neighbour, like our central couple and their newly merged selves, was in fact androgynous too – the product of Plato’s “together-ness” taken to its unnerving extreme. Regarding the film’s focus on toxic relationships, the couple ultimately joins the cult of sad marriages, where partners lose their individuality and fuse into one, choosing fear and comfort over truth. Ingenious.
I’ve avoided giving scores in previous Friday’s Finest instalments, but I’ll do something different: Together gets 4.5 out of 5 stars from me.
References:
1. Together – IMDB
2. Together (2025 Film) – Wikipedia
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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One of the best films of 2025. It is a hybrid of body horror, metaphor, and even comedy. Oh yeah, relationship toxicity and catharsis can be thrown in there too! I think about this movie all the time, and I can’t wait to see it again. Great review, Matt! “Fashionable empathy” is on point, my friend.
While my movie reviews usually attract fewer ‘likes’ than my music articles, this one was especially low—even by my meagre readership standards. Clearly, people didn’t like what I had to say, which frankly doesn’t surprise me in this day and age. Case in point: today, my mother’s neighbour and friend will undergo assisted suicide. He has a terminal illness, yet his mind remains sharp and he suffers no physical pain. Brave New World, here we come—or perhaps we’re already halfway there.
Don’t take it personally, Matt. My take is that it’s a “horror” trope, and only a select few of us appreciate the potential of such an unpopular genre. Case in point: Where are the horror films in most mainstream critics’ Top Ten Lists (including my beloved Roger Ebert)? Where is the category in the Oscars? Why are so many ashamed (not me) to admit that they like to watch a horror flick from time to time? With a movie like “Weapons,” I get to sit among my people for one night, and we all laugh and cringe at the same time, and it is such a healthy release. Controlled anxiety and thrills are my medicine, my friend.
Hi Bernie, I hope your week’s off to a cracking start.
No, I don’t take it personally—if I did, I would’ve walked away from this caper ages ago. I just love writing, and I find it so cathartic.
You really got me back on track with your point about horror movies not being taken seriously. I agree—it’s probably harder to make a truly good horror film than a solid drama or action flick, simply because so few horror films actually succeed compared to those genres.
Your question about whether horror deserves its own category is intriguing. I ended up loving Weapons on the second viewing—the humour wasn’t just in the ending, it played wonderfully throughout. My only gripe is the silly title and that odd scene with the “gun and time” hanging above the house. It’s clearly meant to be enigmatic, but does it serve any real purpose? Zero. It’s one of those rare cases where the Spanish title (La hora de la desaparición / The Hour of the Disappearance) works much better than the original.
Agreed about the gun and time. That was and still is the only scene I thought was ambiguous for the sake of ambiguity and pointless. Crazy about your neighbor and that assisted grim reaper. Under the weather today but working through it at school. That’ll have to be a convo for another time. Until then, keep up the good work, Matt! I can’t believe I’m finally asking this now, but what was/is your main career path? When is retirement? Sorry it took so long to ask that!
It was remiss of me to let your comment fall through the cracks. I’m glad it wasn’t just me that thought the apparition was not in keeping with the rest of the movie.
Regarding my career and work history, I’m a retired Navy instructor and have been receiving a pension for many years, even though I’m only 51. Sometimes I teach English here.
You mentioned you weren’t feeling well, so I hope you’re already back to full strength. Have a fantastic weekend, Bernie. Hurrah!
Interesting…