A step in a new direction for the very stylish and always fascinating Hong Kong director.
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07/04/08
Happy Together (1997)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:22
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: HAPPY TOGETHER chronicles the stormy affair of a gay couple (Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung) living as expatriates in Buenos Aires. The two possess very divergent ways of dealing... [More]
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Reviews for Happy Together
This is all-around fabulous work
08/24/06
Wong continues to demonstrate his effortless command of the camera.
01/01/00
Visually unusual and rather hypnotic.
01/01/00
Sexy, spiky love story.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhen they are together, they are miserable and constantly bicker; when they are apart, they mope around, wallowing in their lonely sadness.
01/12/07
Never as engaging or heartfelt as it should be, mainly because the erratic plotting scuppers possible involvement with the characters.
01/01/00
A vibrant, painful, and deeply nostalgic "wish you were(n't) here" from two uprooted immigrants yearning for emotional security, for their homeland, and for each other.
01/25/05
Were Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg alive today, and able to see what Wong has done here ... they'd be thrilled and invigorated.
01/01/00
Top CriticThrough its stunning imagery, it creates an intimate visual essay about the mood swings of a love affair.
06/24/02
Working past a romance that burns out, the film affirms other, simple bonds that give strong sustenance.
01/01/00
Wong's most fully realized work.
01/01/00
Yet another (over)extended rock video masquerading as an Asian art film from Hong Kong's shade-laden king of cool.
01/01/00
You don't watch this film as much as grab on to it. Letting it jerk you every which way is a jangly but interesting ride.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe story may end in Taiwan on a heartbreaking note, but we're left somewhere between here and there, happily drifting through the film's luscious netherworld of sound and image.
09/01/09
... creative visuals that offer insights into character that linger long after seeing the film, all with the power to touch the heart
04/24/01
Never is the narrative interesting and rarely are the characters the least bit compelling.
01/01/00
Wong doesn't show us any of the sparks that can still be struck between lovers who argue constantly.
01/01/00
Top CriticA 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.
02/14/01
Top CriticA visually stimulating but languorous drama.
01/01/00
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