I knew Together was doomed when its marketing campaign boasted that it would break up couples. Nothing screams “date night” like suckering young lovers into a film designed to shred their relationship.
Then again, if a Hollywood movie genuinely ends your romance, it probably wasn’t built to last. Dave Franco and Alison Brie, married in real life, star as an on-screen couple in this supposed horror movie. You’d expect a romantic comedy given their chemistry, but Together is anything but romantic—it’s a grotesque, ill-conceived mess that mistakes shock for substance.
The story follows Tim and Millie, a borderline middle-aged couple inexplicably playing at least a decade younger. Millie lands a dream teaching job in the countryside, prompting the pair to relocate. Tim, the quintessential loser boyfriend, has no career prospects, coasting on Millie’s success while occasionally strumming at band gigs.
This dynamic fuels their relationship’s central conflict: Tim’s aimlessness holds Millie back, painting him as a deadweight in her ambitious life. While hiking, the couple tumbles into a sunken cave where an old church once stood. Trapped, they drink contaminated water that triggers a horrifying transformation: their bodies begin to merge into a single entity.
Yes, Together takes the phrase “attached at the hip” to a literal, stomach-churning extreme. The premise is insultingly stupid, a horror concept so absurd it feels like a rejected Black Mirror pitch. The film’s early scenes lean heavily into a feminist narrative, portraying Millie as a woman fleeing commitment to preserve her identity.
It’s a tired trope: the driven woman must “upgrade” to a better partner or status, never settling for unity. Naturally, the script pins all the blame on Tim, played by Franco as a man grappling with severe PTSD from witnessing his parents’ murder. Yet, in a baffling twist, Millie emerges as the story’s true victim, her aspirations stifled by Tim’s refusal to seek help.
The film expects us to sympathize with her plight while dismissing his trauma, a narrative choice as lazy as it is infuriating. As Together progresses, it abandons any pretense of coherence. Audiences are left waiting for an explanation of the couple’s grotesque fusion, only to learn it stems from a vaguely homosexual, Mormon-like cult that used witchcraft to merge two people into one.
This revelation isn’t clever or creepy—it’s a nonsensical cop-out that leaves you questioning the writers’ sanity. The film doesn’t bother tying up its loose ends, assuming viewers will be too shocked to care. Rooting for Tim and Millie is impossible when the movie itself seems to root against their relationship.
Hollywood has forgotten that audiences need a reason to invest emotionally before being asked to feel anything. Together wants to be a provocative horror story about love and loss, but it’s all bark and no bite, delivering cheap shocks instead of meaningful stakes. The characters are thinly drawn, their motivations inconsistent, and the horror feels like an afterthought tacked onto a half-baked relationship drama.
What’s most frustrating is the wasted potential. Franco and Brie have genuine chemistry, and a horror movie about a couple’s unraveling could have been compelling. Instead, Together squanders their talents on a script that prioritizes gimmicks over storytelling. The direction, by someone clearly out of their depth, fails to elevate the material, and the pacing drags as the film oscillates between preachy social commentary and gross-out body horror.
The marketing campaign’s promise of relationship-ending drama feels like a cruel joke. If anything, Together might unite couples in shared disbelief at its awfulness. It’s not scary, moving, or insightful—it’s just bad.
The film’s 0/5 rating isn’t just a critique; it’s a warning. Save your money and your sanity, and skip this cinematic trainwreck. If you’re looking for a horror movie to watch with your significant other, choose literally anything else. Together is the kind of film that makes you question why you bothered going to the theater at all.
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