Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 79
Fresh: 71 | Rotten: 8
Managing to be both satirical and warm-hearted in its look at the inhabitants of a commune, Together successfully captures the spirit of a time.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 1
Managing to be both satirical and warm-hearted in its look at the inhabitants of a commune, Together successfully captures the spirit of a time.
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The second feature from Lukas Moodysson, who directed the internationally acclaimed Fucking Åmål, Tillsammans is the tale of life on a Stockholm commune in the mid-'70s. After suffering more than her share of abuse from her husband, Rolf (Michael Nyqvist), Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren) takes her two children, Stefan (Sam Kessel) and Eva (Emma Samuelsson), to a commune run by her brother Göran (Gustav Hammarsten). Life at the commune is crowded with people with laid-back attitudes towards sex,
Aug 24, 2001 Limited
Jan 1, 1998
IFC Films
All Critics (88) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (72) | Rotten (8) | DVD (4)
The joys -- and pitfalls -- of communal living in the 1970s are rendered with a buoyant immediacy and an ironic accuracy.
A comedy of crusty exterior and soft heart.
Quite bright in its fashion and often singularly comic.
A comedy of manners set in the hippie heyday of 1975.
The best thing about Together ... is the way it snatches idealism back from the brink of life-smothering orthodoxy.
Tinged with delicate nostalgia.
effortlessly poetic
. Intensely humane and energetically humorous, Together is a film for film lovers and for anyone interested in human nature.
The film's supposed status as a feel-good flick originates from its ability to remind us that we're never alone in our failings.
The film soars on the strength of its own eagerness to display goodwill toward all its characters.
From the bare bones of the plot, it would be easy to mistake "Together" for a sexy romp. Moodysson has more on his mind than that, however.
There's nary a dull moment in this comedy. The dramatic resonance that emerges is especially lovely for having arrived so pleasantly.
Moodysson is an observant filmmaker, and best of all, sees the many sides of human personality that make people by turns maddening, exciting and sympathetic.
Had [the director] opted to maintain the realistic tone and attitude with which he began the film, Together would have been a much better film.
It's all very cozy and laid back, set to a pleasantly dorky soundtrack of '70s Swedish pop.
I'm glad I saw it warts and all.
Communal living, free-love and hippies from a uniquely Swedish perspective. Wonderfully nostalgic and, for director Moodysson, surprisingly sentimental.
January 13, 2009
Super Reviewer
A really beautiful and funny story and a great introduction into the world of Lukas Moodysson, although, this is his only 'happy' film to date.
September 22, 2009Super Reviewer
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