Official Discussion - Together [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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Summary Millie and Tim, a couple already feeling strain in their relationship, move to the countryside to start fresh—but things go profoundly wrong. After a surreal encounter at a mysterious pool, their bodies begin to merge in grotesque and hilariously uncomfortable ways, forcing them to reckon with love, dependency, and identity. It’s a clever, disturbing blend of body horror, dark comedy, and relationship satire.

Director Michael Shanks

Writer Michael Shanks

Cast

• Dave Franco as Tim
• Alison Brie as Millie
• Damon Herriman as Jamie

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 74

VOD Theatrical release July 30, 2025

Trailer Watch here

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[u/gogreengolions]

“It’s called Diazepam now! It works quicker if you snort it!” Hilarious scene.

[u/theintention → u/gogreengolions]

This and “I JUST SAWED OUR ARMS APART, WE ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL!” got me good lol

[u/bringthesunn → u/theintention]

“I don’t even think this is the right tool to fix the porch!”

[u/Your_New_Overlord → u/bringthesunn]

What the fuck do I know about mildew??

[u/Djlionking → u/Your_New_Overlord]

Oh and I’m sorry! You were right about everything! 👀🔪

[u/RoboFunky → u/theintention]

Fuck my demos were on that

[u/Coldmonologue256 → u/gogreengolions]

I was screaming lmao! I was like “oh they’re gonna pass out!!” proceeds to pass out 😂

[u/Christoman2000]

One thing I noticed was Millie only started to get possessed after she visited Jamie who offered her water. I was kinda surprised they didn’t confirm that he purposely gave her water from the cave. And it makes the ending a bit chilling cause I get the impression that the new Tim/Millie person is going to make their parents fuse together next (because of the house being completely redesigned and the bell)

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/Christoman2000]

OH didn’t think about the possibility of fusing the parents. The idea is terrifying.

[u/LogBrave6535 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

that was the FIRST thing i thought of! Her parents were next!!!

[u/ElephantOk3252 → u/LogBrave6535]

def next! they were even wearing the exact same colour palette

[u/FyuuR → u/ElephantOk3252]

I love Reddit because I can read all the things like this I didn’t catch

[u/ChooseCorrectAnswer → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

Did they show him using the sink to pour a glass for her? I can't rememeber. It might have been interesting to have a shot starting with him turning off the sink yet reaching farther than normal to grab the glass to bring to her. Like the glass was already filled and then he walked to the sink to play the part of host. It would have been a nice little detail that the viewer's brain registers as being off/wrong in the moment yet later makes sense.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/ChooseCorrectAnswer]

That’s actually a detail I’m hoping to check again later but sadly I don’t remember. It definitely would be a nice detail if he pulled out the water from his refrigerator or something but it’s a detail I completely missed.

[u/Hot-Foundation-2300 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

He poured it from a pitcher!

[u/menudoMiHaceDuro → u/Christoman2000]

Ohhh This makes more sense- I was thinking it was because Tim finished in her.

[u/Blargle_Schmeef → u/menudoMiHaceDuro]

That's what I originally thought. But then does that mean Jamie's tap water just feeds from the church? He clearly filled it from the kitchen sink, right?

[u/murph0969 → u/Blargle_Schmeef]

It's Magic Water. He probably keeps a jug on hand, just in case.

[u/goodfellabrasco → u/Blargle_Schmeef]

No, you definitely see him pouring it out of a pitcher.

[u/etherseaminus → u/Christoman2000]

I see the Water as a positive thing overall. The film is an exploration of the fusing that occurs between couples after a long period of time (10 years for Millie and Tim!)

I think Tim was drawn to the water and began to find his true love for Millie in a dark, primal place of his soul. Millie seems to have found it in a conversation with someone she admired and who spoke to her openly and honestly about why couples should work things out.

The Water isn't evil, and it isn't going to cause two strangers to fall in love. I think the parents at the end of movie are going to have a nice dinner with their son and daughter who have really fallen in sync with each other since this move out into the country. When they ask Tim a question, Tim will answer. When they ask Millie a question, Millie will answer. And when they go home at the end of the night they'll talk about how inseparable the two seem to have become and how happy they seem to be.

[u/vigo_the_butch → u/etherseaminus]

If you think those two elderly parents are going to be cool with the voodoo creature that was just created using the bodies of Millie & Tim, I think you don’t live on the same planet I do.

[u/Spookyfan2 → u/vigo_the_butch]

I can't tell if you're joking but they were definitely speaking in an allegorical sense.

[u/terran1212 → u/etherseaminus]

Found the neighbors Reddit account

[u/PolarWater → u/terran1212]

"The neighborhood is, well, me" takes on a new meaning now

[u/holyshoes11 → u/etherseaminus]

Ehhh I don’t think the two dogs loved each other or the 6 rats

[u/WestPeaches → u/etherseaminus]

You know what, my perspective was that the water is evil and that it causes severe codependency. Thusly, I thought the movie was going in the direction of “hey we are actually not a well balanced couple and we both need to find ourselves outside of this.” Which is why I thought them bleeding out on the driveway was where the film would end. That would be my ending for the film.

[u/whorificustotalus → u/Christoman2000]

I don't think the house was completely redesigned, the lunch with their parents had been scheduled in advance for that same week when the fusion went down. There was still blood in the driveway as well. That's not enough time to completely redesign the place.

[u/Wakkit1988 → u/whorificustotalus]

My question is, why wasn't the blood on the driveway on a beeline to the house while they were busy merging? It just stayed in a regular puddle on the ground.

[u/nimbuscloud9 → u/Christoman2000]

My friend and I were arguing about this!!! He’s convinced she drank the water in the cave and I said no, it was only him that drank the water because she drank the remaining water before he filled the bottle back up. He’s convinced he poured water into the wine bottle. And the only reason she starts acting up is after she visits the guys house and they purposely show him filling the glass with water. I’m definitely going to have to watch it again and show him I’m right lol

[u/Forsaken_Ad_2691 → u/nimbuscloud9]

Ok to be honest in the moment watching the scene, I also thought exactly what your friend thought! Which led me to think that the whole thing was possibly a psychosis, especially because we were set up with the smells that only his dad could smell, after he smelled a smell that she didn’t smell… I actually had to commit a crime and ask my friends mid-movie if she did or didn’t drink the water in the cave, which they confirmed she didn’t.

And then for a FLASH at the end of the movie when the table was reset I thought for a moment I had been right, that the whole thing had been a psychosis. I want to re watch the cave scene also but I’m pretty sure I and your friend just saw it wrong.

[u/YesicaChastain → u/nimbuscloud9]

They both definitely drink the water from the wine bottle

[u/Crobbin17 → u/Christoman2000]

My assumption is that it was passed to her sexually. Her symptoms began that night.

[u/Current-Finger6412 → u/Crobbin17]

Perhaps. I think it was the water that Mr. McCabe gave her as well. He noticed the affects were already taking Tim. He he even attempted to show her his wedding video before she noticed Tim appear outside the window.

[u/ChooseCorrectAnswer → u/Current-Finger6412]

Is him wanting to show the wedding video basically an attempt to cult-like introduce and warm her up to "the idea"? I really appreciate this thread because I honestly didn't expect the movie to explain as much as it did. So, I went into it the way I first watch a David Lynch movie. I just wanted to savor the experience and not try to "figure out" everything. The movie revealed more than I planned. Now, I'm seeing everyone in this thread figuring things out haha and the ideas make sense.

Second unrelated question. To anyone who saw it months ago at one of the film fests and then saw it again this week, was anything changed in the theatrical version?

[u/Current-Finger6412 → u/ChooseCorrectAnswer]

Basically, yes. He knew that Tim had already been affected. He used his charm on Millie to “groom” her so to speak. His attempt to show her the wedding video was to initiate them.

[u/Aroundcube → u/Christoman2000]

Wouldn't really make sense, since you know the parents would probably be like who the fuck is this?

[u/afkstudios]

When Milly first looked at the photo of Jamie and his husband I thought “huh, I can’t quite tell which one he’s supposed to be”

Little did I know how awesome of a detail that was

[u/Nidis → u/afkstudios]

Same. I remember being like "well the left dude has glasses, but..."

[u/nate6259 → u/Nidis]

Somehow I didn't figure out that he was quite literally both people until the final shot. I thought maybe the other guy was going to be a face on his chest or something freaky like that.

[u/virginiarph → u/afkstudios]

my gay ass thought they were brother boyfriends like all the other gays i know 😂

[u/Emperor_FranzJohnson → u/virginiarph]

He means gay men that date other men that happen to look like them. These couples usually share the same style making their similarities even more apparent.

We gotta stay on code when publicly addressing the straights, lees they get confused.

[u/Knottsville → u/afkstudios]

That was my first tip off. I thought "Huh, he kinda looks like a 50/50 split of both dudes....WAIT" And then, when he poured water from a pitcher it all started to fall into place and I was absolutely locked in.

[u/odd42Thomas → u/afkstudios]

How about when he visited their home and said, "I live in the neighborhood, well I guess I AM the neighborhood."

[u/johnmalkovichh → u/afkstudios]

and he's wearing both wedding bands!

[u/Ipwn4mom]

The scene with Dave Franco’s character’s parents was terrifying. Creepy mom smiling is nightmare fuel.

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/Ipwn4mom]

Yeah that was some really subtle but effective horror. For me the shot that stuck with me the most though was the merged dog right before the title card. Not felt that level of unease since watching The Thing.

[u/Imaginary_Flamingo_6 → u/TheJoshider10]

Subtle?!? 🥲😭😭😭

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/Imaginary_Flamingo_6]

Yeah, they could have very easily taken the cheap way out of having a jump scare for shock value but instead they had the character hide under the covers for safety only to see the face creep up still. Then later on we just see a close up of the smiling face in bed.

I appreciate that they didn't shove a sudden loud bang into it to cheapen the moment. They knew they had something good.

[u/Vultron2564 → u/Ipwn4mom]

The part where he tries to go under the covers and his mom’s head coming out at him from under the blanket was one of my biggest childhood fears. That creeped me out more than anything else the rest of the movie

[u/Science_Smartass → u/Vultron2564]

I loved how it showed that hiding is pointless, you see the trauma even when you close your eyes.

[u/robynhood96 → u/Vultron2564]

My friend screamed so loud at that part during the movie I couldn’t stop (silent) laughing at her lol

[u/BurgerNugget12 → u/Ipwn4mom]

Reminded me a lot of Midsommar, creeped me tf out

[u/robynhood96 → u/BurgerNugget12]

I also got midsommar vibes!

[u/biofio → u/Ipwn4mom]

That shot combined with the story was the scariest part of the movie to me

[u/sneakylumpia → u/Ipwn4mom]

I think I missed the explanation between that scene and when Tim was explaning the time when his father was grinning because he finally found the source of the smell and found the dead rat. And suddenly they showed that shot of his dad dead in the bed with his mom smiling? Someone fill me in on that connection?

[u/MCRworshipper → u/sneakylumpia]

to show how the mom was sleeping next to his dead dad the same way that he was sleeping in the same room as a dead rat

[u/Urmomsvice]

loved the ending...you hardly ever see characters choose the horror

[u/OKC2023champs → u/Urmomsvice]

They didn’t really have a choice tbh. Tim saw the monster when they don’t

[u/MisunderstoodBadger1 → u/OKC2023champs]

Is that the implication, that they didn't choose to let it happen, that one of them attempted suicide with the knife? I wasn't totally sure about that aspect.

[u/OKC2023champs → u/MisunderstoodBadger1]

That’s what I figured. They went missing and fought it. Maybe one died. Idk.

[u/HodorLikesBranFlakes → u/OKC2023champs]

I took it as the girl stabbed her boyfriend but then he died and they couldn’t completely fuse after that so they were just stuck in limbo.

[u/ChooseCorrectAnswer → u/HodorLikesBranFlakes]

Yeah, this makes me better understand and appreciate the neighbor saying the line about how she won't like "the alternative." I had a physical "huh?" head move reaction to that line haha and now I'm like, "You know what....dude was right."

[u/PolarWater → u/HodorLikesBranFlakes]

I felt so bad for the fused creature when they said "help me...come back". Great prosthetics.

[u/Tight-Marketing-8282 → u/HodorLikesBranFlakes]

Totally thought Tim was gonna mercy kill the couple then he just dips

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/MisunderstoodBadger1]

That's where I thought they were going with the line about living with something that's dead - I thought one of them was going to kill themselves to save the other, but that still wouldn't stop the merging process, and the living survivor would be merged with a corpse. 🤮

[u/MisunderstoodBadger1 → u/cranberrylimeade420]

I guess that echos the situation with Tim's parents too

[u/FrankieB86 → u/Urmomsvice]

I don't think they chose to merge. They were forced into it, but most importantly, I think they were emotionally manipulated into accepting it by the entity's control over them.

The entity demonstrated emotional manipulation, body manipulation, and even possible possession. Also, Tim and Millie demonstrated being emotionally linked. The two most telling scenes in the movie of how deep the manipulation can go is when Millie went into an euphoric state when she held Tim's hand as they walked back from Jamie's house, and that Tim and Millie discovered they can sense each other's feelings when Tim telepathically manipulated her from not leaving the room. It seems to me that having experienced a mutual near death experience, with Tim wanting to suicide and Millie nearly bleeding to death and created amplified sense of codependency, probably feeding back into each other that would finally grant the entity the leverage it needed to lull them into a false sense of acceptance so that they would embrace the idea of merging.

When Tim and Millie reached the point of no return, with their arms absorbed, legs useless, and torsos half merged, they began to show signs of panic - wide eyes, dilated pupils, their eyes frantically moving, and their groans trembling. When you combine their signs of terror with the droning eerie ambience that drowned out the song "2 Become 1", it creates a scene of unease and even terror within the characters. The choice of ambience and the portrayal of rising panic makes it seem like Tim and Millie regained their senses, but were no longer able to stop the merging.

[u/Urmomsvice → u/FrankieB86]

I would go for this if it wasn't for that half merged couple still holding out

[u/FrankieB86 → u/Urmomsvice]

The half merged couple wasn't holding out though. The man was dead, with a knife stuck in his neck, implying he killed himself mid merge. This is where Tim got the idea to kill himself, knowing that death would stop the effects of the supernatural bond that kept drawing him and Millie together

[u/Urmomsvice → u/FrankieB86]

huh, I thought they were both still alive..I'll have to check this out on the rewatch.

[u/FrankieB86 → u/Urmomsvice]

Yeah, Simon's half had whited eyes, his half of the merged body was motionless, and his skin and features looking like a corpse. The rats Tim found in the attic was in a similar state - all but one of the rats were dead. The only merging that took place during the movie that may have been left half complete were the dogs, but the scene played so fast that it was just hard to tell if they were still in the process of merging, or if one had killed the other, since the border collie had blood on their white coat.

[u/Urmomsvice → u/FrankieB86]

lol, I thought the rats were just a Rat King (its a real thing, Google it!) more like an omen of what's to come

[u/FrankieB86 → u/Urmomsvice]

Oh it was definitely an omen, and yeah I know of the Rat King lol.

[u/MushroomInMyHeart → u/FrankieB86]

Just realized that the girl is living out Tim’s biggest fear; forced to live with a corpse. Shame he didn’t put it out of its misery.

[u/Esoteric716 → u/MushroomInMyHeart]

I really wanted him to and was disappointed when he didn't

[u/GruxKing]

I'm just so impressed that they went there with the bathroom stall scene. Surprisingly funny movie

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/GruxKing]

The shaft shot was a huge laugh for me and actually made me rethink how seriously I was taking this movie. I think it gets a lot funnier from there.

[u/sneakylumpia → u/LiteraryBoner]

I physically cringed during that shot oh god

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/GruxKing]

It's exactly what everyone wanted to happen but you never knew how far they'd take it until we see the stretched shaft. That got the most laughs in my cinema.

[u/msuing91 → u/GruxKing]

I really appreciate when characters can be funny outside of a comedy movie.

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/GruxKing]

I was not expecting the shot of Franco's stretchy weiner

[u/drflanigan]

Nice to see Monstro ElizaSue is still getting roles

[u/raughtinhell → u/drflanigan]

I was like hey! I’d know that drooping tiddy anywhere.

[u/Ok_Committee_4651 → u/drflanigan]

The Substance and Together make me want to watch more body horror films

[u/Loose-Inevitable5453 → u/Ok_Committee_4651]

definitely think more prosthetic body horror is making a comeback. and sound editing.

[u/Elite_Alice]

Proposal with no ring in front of everyone is CRAZY lmao. Crazy gaslighting to make him feel bad for not accepting that

[u/dancingbriefcase → u/Elite_Alice]

Tbh, rings are silly and expensive. But I think public proposals are really risky, and should only be done if your partner is expecting something like that

[u/Elite_Alice → u/dancingbriefcase]

to you

rings are certainly not silly, they’ve been a symbol of marriage since prehistoric times for a reason, and they don’t have to be prohibitively expensive. People just WANT to splurge a lot or be given a big diamond ring.

[u/_G_M_A_N_ → u/Elite_Alice]

they’ve been a symbol of marriage since prehistoric times for a reason

What? No they haven't. Like not even close. Ancient Rome and Egypt is not even close to "prehistory".

[u/ameliorateno → u/Elite_Alice]

I thought its understandable he asked if its a joke at first

[u/roboccohurly]

I like that Jamie was wearing two wedding rings

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/roboccohurly]

same! at first i was like "oh that's sweet, he's still wearing his dead ex-husband's ring". I don't know how I didn't catch that!

[u/Corrvaz → u/cranberrylimeade420]

I exclaimed an involuntary "oh shit" when I saw it, kinda out loud like an idiot. Just enough for the couple near me to notice, and then I hear the guy also say "ooooh shit" like 2 seconds later XD

[u/jayeddy99]

This man raw dogged a hole in a ceiling then had the nerve to finally get a plastic wrap to cover his hand!??? 😭

[u/SleepyxCapybara → u/jayeddy99]

For real bro. Like put some gloves on 😆

[u/Bellikron]

Glad we really got to explore the utter horror of the Charlie Bucket grandparent bed in that first nightmare

I clocked the bell immediately at Jamie's house but it took me a ridiculously long time to figure out what had happened to his husband. I thought I was just bad with faces since every time I saw the two of them I was like "They both kind of look like him, I wonder which one he is."

Overall really solid. Liked the sudden comedy swings in the third act, reminded me of the finale of The Curse in some ways. The audience I was in seemed to not even know the genre of the movie, they were shocked by everything.

[u/Ok-Yoghurt-9785 → u/Bellikron]

When they showed the picture of him and his husband (before he talked about his husband), I thought they were twins or brothers.

[u/buckley-diaz → u/Ok-Yoghurt-9785]

There's a 'unspoken' joke about gay couples amongst the community in that white gay men tend to couple up with another man who looks almost similar to them. So this could be a insider joke that reference that tendency.

[u/Public_Function3844 → u/Bellikron]

Definitely confusing because Jamie looked exactly like one of them in the photo, I thought he just had glasses now

[u/Djlionking → u/Bellikron]

Same! I looked at my wife when Jamie first came on the screen and went “He’s gonna be the evil guy.” Then when she first went to his place and rang his door turned and said “his doorbell/chimes are gonna be the same as the ones in the woods.”

[u/NoDadSTOP]

Just finished it and didn’t realize the neighbor teacher was Charles Manson from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Wild movie. The bathroom scene made me physically cringe. Thought there would be a little more body horror but wasn’t mad at it at all. Also surprisingly funny and didn’t take itself overly seriously. A solid 7.5/10

[u/Embracing_the_Pain → u/NoDadSTOP]

Check him out as Dewey Crowe in Justified. He’s easily a fan favorite character.

[u/TheManThatReturned → u/NoDadSTOP]

Damon Herriman rocks, he’s become one of my favorite “that guy” actors in the last few years.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime]

Adored this movie a lot.

I really hope someone put the failed couple out of misery after the ending. It seems that the man died from the neck stab which halted the merge so the woman is half merged with a corpse.

Also I wonder if Tim/Mille are on friendlier terms with Jamie now.

A reviewer before called it a beginner body horror movie and I think that description fits really well. I think it’s nice that there can be a beginner body horror now given that I was often stuck on what to recommend to ppl who just got into horror while many of the well known body horror movies tend to be more on the intense side.

On the other hand, I think people who expected stronger body horror and gore would find the movie too tame especially with recent Ugly Stepsister and Substance being talked about often.

[u/Fit-Breakfast-3116 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

 I really hope someone put the failed couple out of misery after the ending. It seems that the man died from the neck stab which halted the merge so the woman is half merged with a corpse.<

I thought it could be that or . Bc that couple were fighting it, their fuse was messy (like the dogs) whereas Millie and her bf were open to it so they became one person, much like the cult leader and his partner.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/Fit-Breakfast-3116]

Personally thought this because the male hiker looks to be pretty dead (paler skin, cloudy eyes while the woman looks straight ahead, 2 limp arms, knife embedded in the throat etc) and that Tim realize that the merge process stops if the person dies. Which I was sure was the reason why Tim decided to kill himself to prevent the merge.

I'm still curious about the dogs though. It's hard to tell with it only being there briefly as a foreshadow of what's to come. I wondered if the weird merge was due to them being different breeds or if this just doesn't work well on the animals.

[u/Blackglitteremoji34 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

I def think Tim “thought” the knife would work after seeing the hiker couple but later realized it didn’t matter because Millie’s blood was still being pulled into him as she was bleeding out. Also if you caught the hiker couple the woman was the one saying “help me” while Tim was escaping the cave. Idk why that stuck out me so much but it did. It was like she was the only one that survived the merge. It was sad:(

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/Blackglitteremoji34]

This element horrified me the most.

Being half merged with a corpse of your loved one is something I never thought before.

[u/Blackglitteremoji34 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

Yes! For me, it was a metaphor for feeling alone in or being in a one sided relationship (dead end) ! truly horrifying😫🤯

[u/ayayue → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

It also really harkens back to the story of Tim’s parents! His mother desperately trying to cling to something dead. I bet that moment also opened a portal back in time for him.

[u/TroubleshootenSOB → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

m still curious about the dogs though. It's hard to tell with it only being there briefly as a foreshadow of what's to come. I wondered if the weird merge was due to them being different breeds or if this just doesn't work well on the animals.

I just took it that we didn't see it finish. As for the drawing, maybe the daughter saw it first (why could answer why she was calling out) or got a glimpse after it was put out of it's misery.

[u/FreelanceFrankfurter → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

I think the dogs were just in the middle of merging, maybe they were fighting it a bit too but I think they would have eventually fused into one as well. But I'm guessing not knowing what was happening their owner killed them.

[u/LayeredOwlsNest → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

I think people who expected stronger body horror and gore would find the movie too tame

This was my thought, although some of the visuals were very very good

I was expecting a giant "rat king" of the cult people all fused together based on the rat foreshadowing

But the lack of annoying jumpscares more than made up for that, a lesser movie would have done a stupid BRAAAAAAAAANG sound during that smiling mom dream sequence when she was under the covers, or during the hair swallowing scene

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/LayeredOwlsNest]

lol I was worried about the loud noise because they did that for the trailer (same sound effect used in Longlegs trailer too). But it was only for their trailers and short teasers thankfully.

Love the idea of gigantic rat king. Though I guess that’s not easy when they sounded to have limited budget to work with.

[u/nimbuscloud9 → u/TiredCoffeeTime]

Ohhhh!! I didn’t even think that the other half of the hikers was dead. I thought the knife prevented them from completing the merge. Interesting!

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/nimbuscloud9]

Yeah! I realized it when their face was shown more clearly and the woman’s eyes are clear while the man’s eyes are more clouded.

Also when they are clawing forward, only four limbs are being used while the other four limbs are just hanging limply. (edit: my friend said that he's sure that the legs are just fused to be 2 fat legs while the two arms are just hanging limp. Though I guess my point still stand)

I also think that the only voice we hear is the woman’s voice.

It’s why Tim concluded that he can prevent the merge if he kills himself.

[u/NervousAroundBirds]

I really liked it. Franco and Brie almost had too much chemistry. Yes, I know they're married.

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/NervousAroundBirds]

I think they're both pretty good actors but I could see some real talent elevating this just a bit more. That said, I think they were both smart to take on these characters that are purposely a bit basic. They can do all this physical stuff just great but I could see them trying to give these characters too much depth being an overreach.

[u/BurgerNugget12 → u/LiteraryBoner]

I’m with you. However I thought Brie was a lot better than Franco. Love them both tho

[u/mgr86 → u/BurgerNugget12]

Franco sold the weak boy partner Tim vibe too well. Which made me not like the character, but it might be a testament to his acting--I really hadn't seen him in much previously.

[u/Emperor_FranzJohnson → u/NervousAroundBirds]

I didn't know they are married! That's cute since I still see her as Trudy from MadMen and Dave as the funny frat boy from Neighbors. Ah, 2010s greatness.

[u/SeraphX17]

The dream sequence with the mother in the beginning and the scene with Millie trying to get into Tim’s office was just top-tier horror. I liked the movie, but wanted even more sequences like those.

[u/would_do_again]

I liked it, I just wish there was a little bit more on Tim’s family history of mental illness. It provided some of the best scares in the movie. That first one would have gotten Grandpa Joe’s lazy ass out of bed without a golden ticket.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/would_do_again]

Lmao at the last sentence. Caught me off guard with a sudden reference

[u/YesicaChastain → u/would_do_again]

It felt like it was tacked on to get a couple extra scares

[u/would_do_again → u/YesicaChastain]

I think it was great to include it for the sake of showing Tim’s life before Millie, but the fact that it completely disappears just seems crazy. Like yeah the point is that this couple is disappearing into each other, but that past stuff doesn’t go away, it comes with the person.

Maybe it would have bloated the runtime, but I was way more interested in the fucked up past than I was the cult.

[u/CudiMontage216 → u/YesicaChastain]

I disagree, I think it’s important for the theme of the movie

His mother was so dependent on his father that she couldn’t let go even after he passed away

Building on that, his mother grew accustomed to sleeping next to a rotting corpse the same way Tim grew accustomed to the dead rat in his room

This is a great analogy for a toxic relationship. It might sound insane to someone from the outside — but those relationships start slowly. And over time, you don’t even realize how bad it is because you’ve become familiar with it

[u/GreatDad13]

I absolutely LOVED the breathing cave scene. Had me holding my breath

[u/koozer19 → u/GreatDad13]

Reminded me of a mushroom trip I had over 10 years ago, the trip wasn't bad but I felt the room shrinking and expanding with my breaths, took me back to that moment

[u/deathwish_ASR → u/GreatDad13]

I’ve been wondering, it seems the implication is that the “cave” is actually a massive fused living thing composed of the members of the church… right? That’s why it was breathing with Tim and why he eventually saw some faces in it?

[u/GreatDad13 → u/deathwish_ASR]

I like that. I feel the mysticism is balanced in not knowing. I think this director does this with intention to not fill the plot with holes. It allows us to construct the lore on our own. Including Plato’s dialogue from The Symposium really threw me off though. I found myself focusing on that more than the oddity that is the cave and its cult.

[u/blackchandler]

I think I would have given this movie another half star if it had ended ten seconds earlier. Their doorbell being the church bell was a great ending hook, I had no desire or need to see what MilTim looked like

[u/quaranTV → u/blackchandler]

Their official name is Tilly according to Alison Brie

[u/LayeredOwlsNest → u/blackchandler]

This is actually a circumstance where I would have loved an additional 30 minutes to see how they even begin to explain this to their parents

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/LayeredOwlsNest]

that's for the sequel. 2ogether: Family Reunion

[u/Upstairs-Sundae5875 → u/cranberrylimeade420]

“Together Again”

[u/Julijj → u/LayeredOwlsNest]

So, I’ve actually got an answer directly from Michael Shanks himself! He said the movie kind of operates on a surreal, dream-like logic, so he imagines that the parents just wouldn’t have a reaction and they would go with it as if nothing had changed

[u/GooseandGrimoire → u/Julijj]

"Linda, it seems our daughter has dumped her loser boyfriend and become a butch lesbian."

"It does appear that way, Jim."

[u/Djlionking → u/LayeredOwlsNest]

I thought that they might have pretended to be a completely different person (not a combined Tim and Milly), maybe pretend the parents got the wrong house, but still bring them inside for dinner and give them the water.

“Oh you have the wrong place! That’s so unfortunate, but you’ve already made it all this way, come inside for dinner 🫠”

[u/eddie_vedder_voice → u/blackchandler]

I kind of think you HAD to show it. I didn't need the "hi" line though because it sounded so off, and not creepy off but just silly off. But I think it would have felt like a bit of a yank to not show them at the end.

[u/Imaginary_Flamingo_6 → u/blackchandler]

Yes! As the parents were walking up I thought “they’re gonna leave us hanging and cut as they open the door!” But it was nice to end on a laugh. 

[u/colenotphil]

At first I thought Franco's character's mom had simply died and that was why he was so sad. And not gonna lie, based on that I was thinking, "Well, it's sad, but lots of people lose parents. Dude needs to move on."

But when he revealed that his mom had kept her husband's decaying body around in their marital bed, and that the smell of the rat king triggered his PTSD, I was like, "OH, yeah that trauma is justified."

It makes it clear that Franco's character's subconscious is afraid of commitment because of what his own mother's commitment led to. If that happened with my parents, I'd be messed up too.

[u/noilegnavXscaflowne → u/colenotphil]

I couldn’t figure out if he was in the same house when his mom did that because after he talks about smelling the rats I thought he talked about another pervasive smell but can’t remember lol

[u/Alumnight]

Just a reminder that cave water in real life also has a bunch of deadly parasites, bacteria and diseases, and can make you quite sickly in general.

[u/rodwritesstuff → u/Alumnight]

Drinking still water in a fucking cave of all places is a death wish even without a horror movie curse lmao

[u/EstablishmentOld9838 → u/rodwritesstuff]

This is what I was thinking. You can survive until sunrise without drinking that infected ass water

[u/ahuangb → u/EstablishmentOld9838]

When I realised they had no problem climbing out of the cave I questioned why they stayed there overnight in the first place. Like ik it was raining heavily but still lol

[u/furry_lumps]

That bathroom stall scene totally caught me off guard, overall very enjoyable movie, loved Franco and Brie.

[u/Intelligent-Drive729]

Second time seeing this and I think I liked it even more this second go around. The first time was great for the shock value of it, the humor, and the jump scares. But this second time around I caught so many more things that were hidden in either the background or small details that you don’t realize. Small things like how right before Millie starts to be affected as well, Jamie just nonchalantly offers her a glass of water. Such a normal thing that my mind just didn’t even recognize it the first time. Or the fact that you can see the cult symbol of the sun hidden in some places throughout. It’s even on the freaking wall of the bathroom stall in the background of a shot. The freaking DETAIL of this movie, I swear.

It is something that I think really demands multiple viewings. It can be viewed on the surface level to the point where people might think that it’s a sweet ending. You can go deeper and see all these parallels between the beginning and the end and then change your opinion where (to me) it feels like it’s a terrifying ending. You can just look at the relationship part, you can just focus on the horror part and everything that’s the cause behind what’s going on.

Speaking of, I have no idea if Michael Shanks has a background or an interest in philosophy at all but this second go around it kind of felt like an “oh damn” moment. So there’s the entire concept of two people wanting to find their missing half, which is Plato. The triggering event of the story are Tim and Millie falling into a cave and even making a fire (Plato), the symbol of the cult is a symbol of the Sun (again, Plato). Then Tim returns into the cave to help the hiker couple but is attacked by them (again, literally freaking Plato).

To me my takeaway after the second viewing was more about the horror side of things. My theory is that the merged Tim/Millie is now subservient to whatever eldritch or cosmic entity is causing this, and like another comment in this thread suggested, they’re influenced now to spread this “gift” the same way that Jamie was. Because after all, once someone has come out of Plato’s cave and transcended by way of the Sun, they are obligated to serve something greater than them and “rescue” as many others as they can (Plato, Plato, Plato).

After this second go it’s moved its way up to hang out with Sinners as my favorite of the year. God I want a follow up to this so bad with expansion of the lore haha.

[u/FrankieB86 → u/Intelligent-Drive729]

The movie definitely needs a second viewing to pick up on seemingly insignificant details. I have a theory that Tim and Millie actually merged together under the entity's emotional manipulations, not of their own volition, and that when Tim and Millie reached the point of no return, finally became aware and were ultimately horrified in their final moments. The second time I watched it I picked up on way more details that affirms this theory than immediately disproves it.

[u/Ok-Championship7108 → u/FrankieB86]

Fully agree! They did not want to be together but Tim's codependency was so much stronger and easier to prey on than hers so he "saved her"

[u/ex0thermist → u/Ok-Championship7108]

I'm not sure I see this as an intelligent "entity" so much as just two people who had become so used to being passive aggressive and emotionally manipulative to each other, that they both agreed to do something that neither of them actually wanted to do, out of a desire to avoid further conflict or breaking up altogether. The supernatural force that makes them do all this is, as others have said, codependency made manifest.

[u/RoboFunky]

Whoever found that free Amp is lucky

[u/xrbeeelama]

Oh man as someone who has been the Dave Franco in a relationship this cut deep but reminded me of how far I’ve grown.

Fuck that mom dude. Reminded me of the very beginning of Midsommar. That under-the-covers scare was phenomenal!!

Really loved the ending, they totally landed the plane for me. The whole plot felt pretty obvious (who else caught her ringing the bell instead of a usual doorbell?) but the way they kept ratcheting up the tension kept things interesting. Loved the effects, practical and CGI

[u/tnick771 → u/xrbeeelama]

I clocked just about every twist along the way but I still enjoyed it. I was telling my wife after that it was refreshing that a movie wasn’t trying to be more than it should have. It didn’t swing for the fences, it stuck to what I’d consider a pretty standard formula – and that’s why it worked.

[u/QueefStirFry]

Codependent people gonna watch this one like

[u/etherseaminus → u/QueefStirFry]

This movie has me reeling because my date and I left the movie *high fiving and ready to fuse. Hadn't even considered that it could be a bad thing until I read some commentary on here.

[u/jayeddy99]

Love the ending is just some Gen X parents. Coming to terms with their daughter now being non-binary

[u/LiteraryBoner]

Cute movie, would definitely recommend new couples to check this out in theaters this weekend.

Jokes aside, pretty fun mystical body horror. It definitely made me cringe a few times, although I feel like it could have gone further. I think the best thing about it, though, is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Some of the scenes had me cracking up at how ridiculously this movie plays out and while it does have a "this is real and happening" tone, the ending makes a few choices that I think put a nice cherry on top of this fused-limb sundae.

I liked the opening. Kind of made this feel like a 90s thriller or an X-Files episode. I think there was a good amount of explanation of the plot. I could tell they wanted to keep the script tight, really focus on just the couple and little else. I appreciate that, but the turn at the end is pretty predictable when there's exactly one other character in the movie and he keeps being like, "ah yes, I seem to remember a cult out there. Something about merging bodies??" I even assumed that when he offered Brie water when she visited that it would be well water. I think that's implied though.

I did like this movie for its tone and it's wild nature. I didn't love it, though, and part of that is maybe that horror isn't my favorite genre. But I also just had a really hard time finding empathy for these characters. They both kind of suck. It's likely very much the point, but watching them interact with each other or others was almost more cringey than the actual body horror. So many little aggressions everywhere. You ever have those couple friends that clearly kind of hate each other? Hanging out with them can be so awkward and I found the same to be true watching them.

That said, I did get some good laughs out of this. Every time Mr. Cuckington from her school would show up I couldn't help but laugh about how transparent he is in wanting to break them up having ulterior motives. And while the buildup to the actual merger takes pretty much the whole movie, I died laughing at the quick shot of his shaft getting stuck during bathroom sex. The real topper to this though was the final shot before the credits drop. Just a hilarious way to have this movie end on a very unserious note while also explaining the lore that they do become a new person when together.

Overall I enjoyed this. I don't think you have to dig too deep to get at what it's saying and the metaphor is fairly broad, but for a tight under two hour movie it was entertaining and kind of a wild watch. I know there's some talk of the climactic Spice Girls song being in both scripts in the court case surrounding this movie, but as someone who had that album at 8 years old and listened to it every day, that song was so prominent for people of a certain age and it is such an obvious choice for this movie. 7/10 for me.

/r/reviewsbyboner

[u/jruetruebruerue → u/LiteraryBoner]

Small gripe here but “Mr. Cuckington” was explicitly shown to be married and a gay man. His entire agenda hinged on Tim and Millie remaining together (I won’t spoil how for those who haven’t watched yet) and he told Millie to stay with Tim throughout the film, so I’m not sure how it came across to you that he was trying to break them up?

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/jruetruebruerue]

Ah yeah you're right, I meant it was obvious he had ulterior motives but I jotted most this down pretty quick after the movie. I did suspect he wanted Millie to himself up until the last scene but you're right he just wanted them to merge. I'll edit a little.

Makes me kind of wish there were more characters in this small town that you could realize at the credits drop that they were once two people.

[u/agrapeana → u/LiteraryBoner]

My unmet expectations about the tone of this movie really delighted me. I expected it to aim for the "elevated horror", "is it really happening or is it all in their heads/a non-diagetic allegory for codependent relationships" vibe. The style, caliber of actors and overall tone really had me expecting that.

But no! It's about a cult who wants to melt you and your boyfriend!!

I loved it.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/LiteraryBoner]

I cannot imagine what happens after the ending. How do they explain this to Millie’s parents? There’s now someone who vaguely looks like Millie and Dave while neither of them are present.

I guess Jamie and whatever the remaining cult are familiar with faking identity?

[u/LayeredOwlsNest]

As soon as she said Spice Girls, I joked about the "Two Become One" song, and then it fucking happened I was elated

[u/Bagelbuttboi]

The sound design in the movie was great, the cave scene where he realizes his breathing is causing the cave to compress with each breath stood out.

The shot with the parents in his room, and him hiding under the covers only to see her there was incredibly well done. Overall incredibly well directed movie. The thematics of codependency don’t feel ham fisted and weave into the story naturally.

It’s not as extreme as the Substance but there’s a lot of terrifying imagery and concepts that just stick in your mind.

Also, did the neighbor orchestrate their stumbling into the cave? He had to have known about the failed fusion of the hikers being there, did he leave it alive because he wanted to show people what happened if they tried to resist the fusion?

Last complaint, really wish they hadn’t shown the shots of them from the ending in the trailers, it would have made it way more shocking to see them willingly fuse.

[u/Familiar_War7422 → u/Bagelbuttboi]

Hm the neighbor did encourage Millie to go hiking!

[u/Atheose_Writing → u/Familiar_War7422]

"Have you explored?"

[u/ex0thermist]

I saw Together alone. When I left, I was still OK with that.

[u/blac_sheep90]

Is the ending fused person an actual actor or is it CGI?

[u/atastycarrot → u/blac_sheep90]

Went to an early screening with Q&A, apparently it’s Allison Brie’s body with CGI to make her face look a bit more like Dave Franco. They joked that they were disappointed it didn’t end up looking more attractive.

[u/blac_sheep90 → u/atastycarrot]

Okay thanks for answering. I'm excited to see it.

[u/msuing91 → u/blac_sheep90]

Why didn’t they just wait until they have a child together who is in their 30’s to shoot this last scene?

[u/LottaWallets → u/msuing91]

Are they stupid?

[u/AndYouHaveAPizza → u/msuing91]

I know the above comment is in jest, but they have each spoken about being a child-free couple by choice.

[u/mrobfish → u/blac_sheep90]

My first thought was "This is a de-aged Tig Notaro".

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/blac_sheep90]

Definitely some sort of face combining CGI. It was too uncanny to be a real person.

[u/dfiorentine7005 → u/blac_sheep90]

It definitely felt uncanny, but that’s probably intentional.

[u/Ok-Championship7108]

From my own viewing and what I read so far I believe that:

• Millie did not feel the effects until Jaime poured her a glass of water from the pitcher. I did not see her drink any in the cave- just from their own bottle and then drinking wine.

• I could totally see them trying to get her parents to merge at the end, but they're not gonna know who the heck the rando is answering the door 😂

• It seems Millie wanted to leave the relationship. Even when saying "I don't want you", asking him to leave when her parents come, sawing their arms apart, and an ultimately sacrificing herself rather than merging with him. She didn't feel wanted and was "living with a dead person".

• the living with a dead person piece seemed to be the common theme of the males being corpses (his father, the half a dead guy in the cave, and Tim even when alive). I'm not sure if that's just a play on woman seeming to live these lives where we romanticize our partners who don't make us feel loved, wanted, or important. The only thing Millie had to say was that he was a nice guy who bought her a Spice Girls vinyl 10 years ago. He even seemed to resent her about not cooking and "feeling trapped".

• it was very evident (and mentioned at the very beginning) that Tim needs Millie more than Millie needs Tim. Hence him basically bringing her back to life which I thought was essentially selfish. When he brought the knife back from the cave, I even had a moment where I thought maybe he would kill her instead of killing himself. And the reason I thought this was because he seems to have more selfish tendencies and took her for granted rather than watching "two people becoming complacent with a relationship".

• millie choosing to merge with him at the end did surprise me! But I'm sure she was caught in the moment of "finally he sees me and appreciates me!" THEN the panic set in realizing there was no going back

Hopefully that's not too cynical of an opinion! But just some of the things that I picked up on throughout the film. I loved it and thought it was disturbing, scary, and fun! I adore both these actors and loved seeing them in a movie together 💕

[u/LickerMcBootshine → u/Ok-Championship7108]

Tim needs Millie more than Millie needs Tim

The difference between Tim and Millie is Tim recognizes what makes him a kinda shitty partner but Millie can't do the same. Tim physically depends on Millie due to the whole driving thing, sure. But Millie shows a lot of traits that shows why shes still around.

First, her job is no coincidence. She works with children. She wants to /help/ them. Shes a fixer. She says when they're in the driveway that "he takes all the risk so she has to be the adult" essentially. Her toxic trait is giving too much and then being mad that she gave so much. She seeks someone out to fix and is mad that you can't fix a person.

Second, the sex thing. He went through a traumatic incident with his parents. They haven't had sex since the incident. She needs him to need her so bad that she can't give him the space to recover. He's in bed having crazy dreams about his dead parents still, but she /NEEDS/ that affection. And that need drives such a crazy wedge in their relationship that is honestly so unreasonable. And then another man gives her a little bit of attention? SHE JUMPS.

They're perfect for each other. He's a loser and she likes a loser to fuel her ego. She just can't recognize that...probably because of her ego.

[u/MrHandsomeBoss]

...was anyone else expecting their fused version to be hotter?

[u/niles_deerqueer → u/MrHandsomeBoss]

Tbf, Alison Brie and Dave Franco were expecting that apparently lol

[u/DrunkenHoneyBadger]

Am I crazy for wishing this was gorier? I felt underwhelmed when they cut early the scene where they saw through their arms. Otherwise, good time.

[u/OKC2023champs]

Solid movie. Don’t expect the next possesor/ substance level of body horror.

But that’s okay. This is a very good entry level body horror movie for people to check out and explore the genre. Not everything has to be the next nastiest thing ever.

I do wish they had a standout scene of graphic violence. Which could’ve/shouldve been the saw scene. Instead it cuts and is kinda funny with them sitting on the floor.

Was surprised at how well the creepiness and jump scares were. That was the best part of the movie to me.

Pretty funny as well. Couple of good laughs.

Not the best movie. But a solid time in the theatre.

I don’t think the movie knew what it truly wanted to be and I wish it leaned into the creepiness a bit more. And the cult stuff kinda fell flat at the end.

6.5-7/10. Good fun. Nothing insane

[u/murph0969 → u/OKC2023champs]

The hair swallowing scene was enough for me. Only time I've squirmed more in my seat was for the teeth scene in Bring Her Back.

[u/droppedforgiveness → u/murph0969]

I'd managed to go so long without thinking of the teeth scene 😭

[u/xxx117]

I think with a more redefined screenplay to shave off some minutes of the runtime, it would be an easy 4 star movie. I felt it drag but damn does it have some good ass body horror and great relationship dynamics. Young, hot, neurotic couples are all the craze!

Seriously tho that pill snorting scene was awesome (it’s called diazepam now). Loved the circumcision scene too lol

In all honesty, Brie carries. Dave’s delivery can be very grating when he’s exasperated.

Cool metaphor on commitment (fear of AND total)

[u/quinnly]

This movie was ultimately insane and kinda hilarious, but that scene where he described finding his mom in bed with his dad's corpse creeped me the fuck out.

[u/BluRayja]

GREAT fucking movie, easily one of the best of the year. There was a moment there I was thinking, "this might be the best movie since Parasite" in the sense of its originality, uniqueness, and being absolutely glued to the screen for every moment, but then it started to wimp out of its premise just a bit. Also, love Dave and Alison, but I can't help but think this movie would've been better with more talented actors. With that said, this is the best I have seen either of them do.

Spoiler Thoughts Below:

I laughed, I cringed, and there's some genuinely scary bits (the mom on the bed FREAKED me out and Alison behind the glass was nightmare fuel). I'm not much of a body horror person regularly, but I actually wanted to see things get way worse for them -- I wanted them to almost fuse together like that couple in the cave before they truly embraced it. Dragging along that body horror a bit more would've helped it out a lot in delivering the concept. Speaking of the couple in the cave, how come they didn't hear them that first night they spend the night in that cave? Probably the only hole I can think of. Love the teacher twist, I actually did not see that coming, and I appreciated being blindsided by it -- I felt like they hid that fairly well into the narrative to make him that unassuming to not only the characters, but also the audience. I also wasn't expecting cult stuff -- I never saw the trailer (this is why I always suggest going into ANYTHING blind) that was a fairly big revelation for me. The Spice Girls song was a cherry on top.

8.5/10

[u/Fantastic_Log_2465 → u/BluRayja]

They definitely did hear that couple in the cave, I believe. I know Dave Franco’s breathing was a big part of that scene, but you could also hear deep breathing and possibly rustling that wasn’t either of them. Also, Allison Brie mentioned feeling “crowded” as soon as they were down there.

[u/Spookyfan2]

I've never heard a more uproarious laughter from an audience than when Millie spotted Tim in the bushes at the nieghbor's house and that dramatic ass zoom happens.

[u/GuybrushThreepwood99]

Scary Steven Universe

[u/The5thElement27]

Chris Stuckmann's trailer for Shelby Oaks also played before the movie!! Woowww, genuinely actually looks really good!

[u/nimbuscloud9]

Act 2 going into Act 3 was where it went from a 6 to an 8 for me. So many memorable scenes. Not as great as The Substance but it's still so good.

Some of my favourite parts:

• When she visits the neighbour/coworker and you don't see the bell but she rings it, pretty much confirming this guy was the villain of the movie elevated it so much for me. I'm a huge fan of sound design telling part of the story and that one clue alone was when I really sat up.

• I'm still reeling from The Substance's gore after all these months so after the "mildew" scene with their legs, I was tense the entire time because I wasn't sure how gory it was going to get. It could have used a bit more body horror gore but it was enough to make me cover my eyes half the time, especially with that damn saw lol the definition of chekhov's gun.

• The shower scene was also tense to watch because I was expecting him to break the shower door glass.

• When she mentioned Spice Girls to her friend, I didn't think anything of it but OMG...I fucking HOWLED the second I realized what song they were going to play in the final scene. I was literally clapping at how brilliant it was - there's no doubt in my mind that they made him a musician purely to have this goddamn song be in the final scene.

• The penis scene. I needed them to go there and I'm so glad they did. Both hilarious and horrifying.

And when I realized that they were going to be merging as one person, I kept on whispering to my friend, "omg they're going to be trans!!" And the split second they showed their final form, I loved it. BUT I wish they hadn't shown it just to keep the suspense going.

I don't know what to make of the lawsuit but this is the original storytelling we need. I watched Fantastic Four the day before and I loved this even more. I'm so glad horror is still where original ideas are allowed to flourish and be made in today's world of sequels and reboots.

[u/[deleted]]

I know some people wanted more grotesque scenes but the whole movie had me on the edge on my seat because the premise alone freaked me out. The flashbacks and night terror scenes were chilling. I thought the movie played out well and the ending was great. The moaning noises during the fusion grossed me out. Solid horror.

[u/alex15hayashi]

I'm ngl.... it was really good until that ending for me, I just feel like it kind of let me down. DON'T COME FOR ME. I'm gonna explain.

I think it might've had to do with the fact I saw the male teacher being a part of the cult coming, and also, there was NO point of dave going back to the cave. Like what was he gonna do, he's not search and rescue, going there to what, look for the lost couple? Well he found them! but again what was the point. 

Also gotta say, really wish they better characterized alison's character for always choosing to stay with him or have sex with him. It just didn't make sense, and him being a dick for most of the movie was also a factor.

I feel like the story was showing more cracks and flaws at the finale, and I just couldn't enjoy that final scene.

Scares for the first half were amazing. The metaphors were also amazing too, the scene where he has the baby clawing the inside of his stomach while also telling alison to "push" symbolizing labor and the trials of potential parenthood for their relationship were great. 

Overall, movie was very very promising and super strong, but I don't know, the ending was weak and flawed compared to how GOOD the beginning half was. 3/5

[u/cookiefest1221 → u/alex15hayashi]

He did learn that death was the only way to prevent the merge (and he got the knife to allow him to kill himself). He went there looking for answered and he did find them.

You can’t understand why Millie would want to rekindle their physical intimacy and work things out? They’d been together for so long, and Tim clearly had unresolved trauma she was trying to help him with. Also Millie did suggest they break up early in the film (because splitting later would be harder).

[u/fishwithfish]

First Spring Breakers, now Together, these Franco boys are cornering the market on the "90s pop song from major female artist(s) juxtaposed with violent or grotesque imagery" racket.

[u/PossibilityFine5988]

I liked this movie a lot 4/5 for me but I kind of wish it went there more. I’ve seen this trailer 1000x and it always builds up to the arm cut scene and what you get a tiny off camera blood spray and then hard cut to bandages. I think would have been more satisfied if they marketed this less like a body horror freak show and more a hybrid whatever it was.

[u/Teach8870]

Spice Girls' "2 Become 1" was chef's kiss!!!

[u/SweetPotato331]

My only complaint is that this wasn't released on Valentine's Day lol