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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldTogether 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.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTo 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.
- 70Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenChen tries to generate some suspense, but there's never any doubt which side has to win.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternPays off in surprising ways, when love of music, and fame, plays second fiddle to love of family.
- 63Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe 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.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueIf you're in the mood for tears and triumph, with a dash of exoticism, Together may well be the film for you.
- 63Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezA high tolerance for syrupy melodrama is required in order to enjoy Together.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe result is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that will strike Chen's admirers as a heartfelt but decidedly minor effort.
- 50L.A. WeeklyJohn PowersL.A. WeeklyJohn PowersIts schmaltzy manipulations are pure 1940s Hollywood. Still, if you can get past the corn, the story exerts a not-unsatisfying emotional pull thanks to Yun's soulful gravity and a tenderness that Chen hasn't shown quite so openly since his 1984 debut, "Yellow Earth."
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe performances are all terrific, but Together never jells as a compelling narrative.