IMDb plot summary: When a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Directed by Nikole Beckwith. Starring Patti Harrison, Ed Helms, Rosalind Chao, and Timm Sharp.
Ed Helms and Patti Harrison make a great pair of unexpected companions, and since this film is essentially a two-hander, they carry the whole thing effortlessly. These are two incredible performances in one of the most relatable scripts I've ever heard, and it brings out a tremendous amount of charm to both these characters, as wildly different as they are. Well-scripted rom coms have that skill of making their characters so charismatic that you just want to sit in a room and watch them interact and wish them well and smile, and even though this film definitively lacks the "rom" part of a rom com, that's very much the vibe I get from this. It's heartwarming and fuzzy but never in a way that feels disingenuous -- it feels like we're just watching two people become friends, and it strikes just the right note throughout. Well worth a watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Together Together > Hustle & Flow
Together Together > Jack Goes Boating
Together Together < Soapdish
Together Together > Muppets Most Wanted
Together Together > Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Together Together > American Splendor
Together Together < Glengarry Glen Ross
Together Together < Christmas in Connecticut
Together Together < The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Together Together > Marty
Together Together > Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Together Together > Thor: Ragnarok
Final spot: #481 out of 3464, or 86%.
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