- Director: Michael Shanks
- Screenplay: Michael Shanks
- Cast: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman
- Cinematography: Germain McMicking
- Editing: Sean Lahiff
- Score: Cornel Wilczek
- Genre: Supernatural body horror
- Runtime: 102 minutes
Real life married pair Dave Franco and Alison Brie star as a couple whose relocation from the big city to the countryside doesn’t exactly go smoothly. Millie (Brie) is the driving force behind the move but her boyfriend Tim (Franco) is more reluctant to uproot their lives. She finds work as a teacher at the local school; he’s struggling to find success as a musician at 35 years old. He’s got a fledgling mullet like he’s trying to be a dumb hipster, for goodness sake. We know who wears the trousers in that household.
While out exploring their new habitat, the couple take a tumble down a hole into an underground cave. Thirsty, Tim drinks from a pool of water, thinking it’s regular, potable liquid. Unaware of its potency, this water creates in Tim an unstoppable magnetism towards Millie against his will. His body convulses in the shower as if he’s having a panic attack. His dependence on Millie heightened, it reaches the point where he’s turning up at her workplace in a sexually charged stupor, little control over his limbs.
‘Together’ is a statement about finding your twin flame. The person who completes you, the one you share the deepest connection with, preferably not literally. The film is intimate and frequently gross; much like you’d expect a relationship to be. For the most part, the idea of physical symbiosis works well in a horror setting yet I found it too silly in places. Watch this with your better half – don’t sit too closely though.
My rating: 6 / 10
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