Together (2025)

IMDb plot summary: Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.

Directed by Michael Shanks. Stars Dave Franco, Alison Brie, and Damon Herriman.

Together stars James Franco and Alison Brie as a couple who move from their city home to a remote location for Brie's job. The move reveals some cracks in their relationship, and that's even before they get temporarily trapped in a mysterious cave and start having bizarre physical symptoms. This movie is definitely horror, but it's equal parts relationship drama, and I didn't anticipate that, going into it. The film has such a claustrophobic feel to it, particularly as we sit inside Dave Franco's discontent in the relationship as it is. The body horror actually takes a long time to kick in, but when it does, it ramps up fast and spikes in really intense ways. Some spoilers ahead here: The final scene is such an optimistic ending to what has been, up until that point, a pretty horrific series of events, and then suddenly it culminates in something that I found extremely... life-affirming. Definitely a unique movie, definitely a strange one, but I had a good time with it.

🎥 Together (2025)

📊 Ranked #837/4200 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 80

beat How I Live Now (#2098 → #2099)

beat Heathers: The Musical (#1038 → #1039)

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beat Manon of the Spring (#842 → #843)

lost to Mars Attacks! (held at #810)

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beat The Wild Robot (#838 → #839)

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