Garishly beautiful but frustratingly same-y WKW chamber piece. Happy Together has hardly a whisper of plot and I found myself drifting. Felt like a two hour Suntory ad.
Music and waterfall sequence were cool.
Leslie Cheung, Chen Chang, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar ... read more
DVD Release Date: June 22, 1999
Stats: 918 reviews
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April 12, 2009
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July 10, 2010
Beautifully filmed, cast are great, but painfully, painfully slow. Also NOT a romantic film, as the title would have you believe!
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August 9, 2009
After have watched "Chungking Express" and "2046", I could understand the disappointment of Kar Wai Wong´s fans with "My Blueberry Nights". It´s nice and I enjoyed it myself, but now, having watched "Hapy Together", I can ask it too: what happened? Maybe it was the west wind, who... read more
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July 26, 2009
No matter how terribly grounded you are, there is always Wong Kar Wai to take you flying away. He always succeeds at marrying realistic human drama with otherworldly beauty and atmosphere. The content is often raw, whereas the form is always stunningly beautiful.
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January 31, 2009
Raw & intense, Filled with touching & memorable scenes and ofcourse Doyle's beautiful images
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August 10, 2007
Great cast. Two lovers arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and go on a roadtrip.
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December 3, 2006
At last. A true portrayal of a homo-sexual relationship which felt realistic and emotional. Great performances and a brilliant soundtrack
The relationship between the two leads is obviously emotional and constantly on the rocks. To me, this is how Hollywood should portrayal th... read more -
June 4, 2006
After the amazingness of 'Chungking Express' and 'Fallen Angels' Wong Kar Wai takes it down a notch. There isn't much of a plot but this allows to fully explore his two protagonists and their relationship with each other. The film tends to drag on and repeat itself. The light dre... read more
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July 20, 2006
MagicButterfly said this was bone-crushingly depressing, but we later agreed that it was merely soul-crushingly depressing. Hey, look, everyone is incredibly lonely and doesn't really get what they want. In Chinese cinema? Impossible! This took me an incredibly long time to r... read more
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March 17, 2010
A gorgeously photographed but emotionally hurtful experience, Wong Kar-Wai's Happy Together hits all the possibles notes on a flailing relationship, whether it be same-sex or not. Even if the chinese filmmaker spares us no bitter rumpuses as the two lovers slowly discover that lo... read more
Critic Reviews
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.
Wong doesn't show us any of the sparks that can still be struck between lovers who argue constantly. Full Review
Sexy, spiky love story.
Wong continues to demonstrate his effortless command of the camera. Full Review
Were Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg alive today, and able to see what Wong has done here ... they'd be thrilled and invigorated. Full Review
... casts a spell of hyper-reality and immediacy softened by the longing and melancholy of the narration and music. Full Review
The 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. Full Review
A step in a new direction for the very stylish and always fascinating Hong Kong director. Full Review
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