Here's a test for partners in committed relationships who are fans of scary movies: Get comfortable with your significant other and watch Together. The 2025 indie hit just made its streaming debut on Hulu. On the surface, it could look like typical biological terror, but beneath Together exists a deep examination about the ways we decide to love one another.
An Introductory Film Investigating Partnership Complexities
Together is the introductory feature for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It features Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, partners that have stayed together for over ten years. Having wed in actuality in 2017, the actors bring a special spark to their portrayals, masterfully depicting both the strengths and weaknesses of a long-term relationship.
The story starts when Millie and Tim transition from the urban environment to the countryside for Millie’s job. A commonly used narrative setup, sure, but that’s primarily where the cliches cease. Together becomes as much a psychological exploration of the partnership as it is a movie featuring biological frights.
An Otherworldly Trigger
While walking near their country house, a storm hits, and Millie and Tim fall into an underground cave. After spending the night there and eventually escaping, a strange force starts to affect the couple. This force induces a supernatural closeness between them that goes exceeding emotional intimacy.
The entire film is a gradually intensifying fright fest, blending moments of fever-dream horrors, gross (but never too gross) biological grotesqueries, and surprisingly comedic interactions (sometimes during something grotesque). The director skillfully blends these components neatly and presents them in a gradually swelling sense of impending doom.
Complex Characterizations
A significant portion of Together is only Brie and Franco, and they deftly portray manifold depths to the partnership at the film's core. Millie's sense of self and emotional bond is waning due to a emotional and physical gap. Her unspoken irritation of Tim for his unwillingness to focus on anything other than his struggling artistic pursuits gradually emerges.
Conversely, Tim feels trapped and cut off by Millie, who’s the reason they’ve moved to the country and distant from his support system. He fears the idea of completely losing his individual identity in another person. This fear is amplified by the circumstance he does not operate a vehicle and relies on Millie for transportation.
The director's cleverest decision in this movie never makes Tim or Millie the definite antagonist.
The couple confront the kind of problems that come with any relationship after ten years. Deep down, they continue to care for each other. They still laugh together, offer support, and open up at times. But under the surface, there’s an unavoidable current of uncertainty about their relationship.
Symbolism and Metaphor
While the paranormal elements in Together symbolize these concerns of unhealthy attachment and giving oneself over to another person, the metaphor never feels overly obvious or heavy-handed. Instead, these visceral horror elements offer a ideal counterpart to the interpersonal storytelling. Both the horror and the drama work together symbiotically.
A Debated Finale
Together’s final act, which remains unspoiled, has left audiences divided on the movie's final takeaway about codependent relationships. It has been said that unattached audience members have seen the movie as a strong argument for avoiding commitment. On the other hand, certain partners experiencing tension found that the film actually helped them reconcile.
Regardless of your relationship status, your own response could act as a revealing measure of how you think about commitment. Will the conclusion inspire anxiety and horror, or a heartwarming sense of hope? Will you see yourself in Tim or Millie and scream at your TV, or simply glance toward your significant other and state, “I understand that choice”?
Whatever the case may be, Together is an test you can embark on today.
Together is available to watch on Hulu as of this moment.
