Together Can Be Streamed, and It Might Make or Break Your Relationship.
Here's a test for partners in committed relationships who are fans of scary movies: Settle in with your loved one and watch Together. The independent film success of 2025 has now made its online premiere on Hulu. At first glance, it might appear like standard physical horror, but beneath Together resides a profound contemplation about our choices in loving our partners.
An Introductory Film Exploring The Nuances of Love
Together marks the first full-length movie for director Michael Shanks. It stars the real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, an unmarried couple that have stayed together for over ten years. Having wed in reality in 2017, the two stars bring a particular energy to their characters, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a long-term relationship.
The narrative begins when Tim and Millie transition from the metropolis to the rural area for her career. A familiar plot device, sure, but that’s mostly where the conventions conclude. Together evolves into as much a psychological exploration of the couple's dynamic as it is a movie featuring biological frights.
A Paranormal Spark
While hiking near their rural residence, a storm hits, and the two tumble into an hole in the earth. After being trapped overnight there and eventually escaping, a strange force starts to affect the duo. This force induces a otherworldly bond between them that goes well past simple connection.
The whole movie is a slow burn of scares, blending elements of hallucinatory nightmares, disturbing (but tastefully done) body horror, and genuinely funny interactions (sometimes during something disturbing). The director skillfully blends these components 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 masterfully render countless layers to the dynamic between Tim and Millie. Millie’s confidence and emotional bond is waning due to a distance. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his reluctance to focus on anything other than his failing musical ambitions inexorably rises.
Tim, on the other hand experiences isolation and isolated by Millie, who’s the reason they’ve moved to the country and distant from his network of friends. He is terrified of the idea of utterly sacrificing his sense of self in Millie. This fear is intensified by the circumstance he does not operate a vehicle and is dependent on Millie for mobility.
The director's cleverest decision is that he avoids making one partner or the other the definite antagonist.
The couple grapple with the sort of issues that arise in most partnerships over a long period. Deep down, they continue to care for each other. They still laugh together, provide solace, and share intimately at times. But beneath it all, there’s an unavoidable undercurrent of doubt about their relationship.
Thematic Depth
While the otherworldly presence in Together represent these concerns of unhealthy attachment and fully committing to a partner, the metaphor avoids being clumsy or pretentious. Instead, these visceral horror elements offer a brilliant analogue to the interpersonal storytelling. Both the frights and the fights serve the other in a mutually beneficial way.
A Controversial Conclusion
Together’s final act, which remains unspoiled, has created disagreement on the story's concluding statement about enmeshed dynamics. Reports indicate that those not in relationships have seen the movie as a strong argument for remaining unattached. On the other hand, certain partners who were in conflict found that the film actually helped them resolve their issues.
Regardless of your relationship status, your own reaction could act as a revealing measure of how you think about commitment. Will the ending inspire feelings of uneasiness and dread, or a heartwarming sense of hope? Will you identify in either protagonist and yell at the screen, or simply glance toward your significant other and say, “We could get through that together”?
Regardless of the outcome, Together is an experiment you can undertake right now.
Together is available to watch on Hulu's platform now.
