Review of Together Together (2021) by Jluis_001 — 29 May 2021
It's not usual to see a story like this one on film.
A surrogate mother who befriends the single man who hired her to bear him a child.
It's not an ordinary comedy, but it's one that lumbers along even though it could be argued that from theIt's not usual to see a story like this one on film.
A surrogate mother who befriends the single man who hired her to bear him a child.
It's not an ordinary comedy, but it's one that lumbers along even though it could be argued that from the comic treatment this should be lighter in narrative terms.
Even so, the unusual nature of their arrangement is evidently constructed for comedy, however and even at the risk of looking like an stereotype, one would believe that people looking for a baby in this way would be a gay couple, or a woman.
Seeing a straight man looking for a kid to raise on his own is not a taboo by any means, but thematically the film doesn't make the most of it, or in other words it doesn't do so in a way that feels organic.
Surprisingly Ed Helms makes it work as far as possible, but the one who stands out is Patti Harrison.
She's the most compelling element, humorously speaking.
I think this movie received more flattering reviews than its story deserved, but I would still recommend it.
This review of Together Together (2021) was written by Jluis_001 on 29 May 2021.
Together Together has generally received positive reviews.
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