We present a challenge for partners in committed relationships who enjoy scary movies: Get comfortable with your loved one and stream Together. The independent film success of 2025 just made its streaming debut on the Hulu service. On the surface, it might appear like typical body horror, but within Together exists a intense examination about our choices in loving one another.
An Introductory Film Delving into Partnership Complexities
Together is the debut feature-length film for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, a pair who are not married that have been together for ten years. Married in real life in 2017, the two stars contribute a unique chemistry to their portrayals, expertly portraying both the good and bad of a committed partnership.
The story begins when Millie and Tim relocate from the big city to the country for professional reasons. A commonly used narrative setup, of course, but that’s primarily where the conventions conclude. Together transforms into as much a examination of mental states of the couple's dynamic as it is a film about physical terror.
An Otherworldly Trigger
While hiking near their rural residence, a storm hits, and Millie and Tim discover an underground cave. After being trapped overnight there and managing to escape, a mysterious influence takes hold of the couple. This force induces a otherworldly bond between them that goes far beyond typical partnership.
The complete narrative is a gradually intensifying of scares, weaving in elements of fever-dream horrors, disturbing (but tastefully done) biological grotesqueries, and genuinely funny dialogue (sometimes amidst something disturbing). Shanks orchestrates these parts expertly and delivers them in a gradually swelling aura of dread.
Layered Performances
A large part of Together is exclusively the two lead actors, and they skillfully illustrate numerous complexities to the partnership at the film's core. Her self-assurance and feeling of intimacy is suffering due to a distance. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his hesitance to chase only his struggling artistic pursuits inexorably rises.
Tim, on the other hand experiences isolation and separated by Millie, who’s the cause they’ve relocated rural and removed from his network of friends. He dreads the notion of completely losing his sense of self in Millie. This fear is further exacerbated by the reality he does not operate a vehicle and relies on Millie for getting around.
The director's cleverest decision in this movie refrains from painting either of his characters the clear bad guy.
Both characters grapple with the kind of problems that arise in any relationship a decade in. At their core, they still love one another. They share moments of joy, offer support, and share intimately at times. But under the surface, there’s an unavoidable current of uncertainty about their relationship.
Thematic Depth
While the paranormal elements in Together act as a metaphor for these anxieties of unhealthy attachment and totally devoting oneself to another person, the metaphor never feels hamfisted or self-important. Instead, these more disturbing, unsettling scenes present a brilliant analogue to the relationship narrative. Both the supernatural and the personal enhance each other in harmony.
A Divisive Ending
Together’s ending, which remains unspoiled, has sparked debate on the film’s ultimate message about codependent relationships. It has been said that unattached audience members have interpreted the film as a compelling reason for remaining unattached. Meanwhile, some couples having disagreements found that the film ultimately assisted them resolve their issues.
Whether you’re single or coupled up, your own reaction could act as a great barometer of how you perceive partnership. Will the finale inspire feelings of uneasiness and dread, or a positive outlook on love? Will you see yourself in either protagonist and yell at the screen, or simply turn to your partner and say, “I understand that choice”?
Whatever the case may be, Together is an test you can undertake right now.
Together is currently playing on Hulu's platform at present.
