Review of Happy Together (1997) by Mattlynn1996 — 21 Apr 2018

This movie is so beautiful, so fragile, so distinguish, so disorientated, so lonely and so sad.

This review of Happy Together (1997) was written by Mattlynn1996 on 21 April 2018.

Happy Together has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 17 Feb 2007

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Maverick director Wong Kar-wai manages to pour old wine into new jars with Happy Together, a fizzy chamber yarn about two gay Hong Kongers…

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