When Together confronts the helpless living nightmare of a pandemic's ongoing irresolution, it taps into a scary rawness.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 25, 2021

The writing is strong and the two actors have a surfeit of both chemistry and charisma.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2021

"Together" should feel stagey: two dominant characters, a single shared space, near-constant dialogue. It doesn't, thanks in part to how Daldry and Martin keep the camera in frequent motion.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2021

His evolution from Leaver to "grocery store workers are heroes" is as easy to track as it is hard to believe, though McAvoy's trembling conviction allows you to envision the promised lands of empathy, even if his character takes a few too many shortcuts.

| Original Score: C | Sep 1, 2021

McAvoy and Horgan make marvelous company.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2021

Even within the stagy confines of the movie's Scenes From a Marriage setup, Horgan and McAvoy manage to tease out the more subtle and enduring bits in their characters' unravelings.

| Original Score: B | Aug 29, 2021

Mostly, I just wanted to turn the volume down.

| Aug 28, 2021

Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy do searing work in a dialogue-heavy drama with plenty of dark humor and even a little tenderness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2021

A four-star acting masterclass at its best and a two-star ripped-from-the-headlines botch at its worst. Split the difference and you'll arrive at something like a holistic consideration.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2021

Two people, one setting, two-thirds of the three unities of classical-era drama. A strong script and outstanding acting talent make it work.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 27, 2021

This kind of storytelling device might work well on stage in a small, intimate theater, but on film it comes off as awkward and unwelcome.

| Original Score: C | Aug 27, 2021

What begins as a chamber piece, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin from a screenplay by Dennis Kelly, becomes a full-fledged movie with a pair of marvelous performances at its claustrophobic center.

| Aug 26, 2021

Out of the recent batch of relationship movies that have emerged from the pandemic, this is by far the best.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 26, 2021

An awkward and uncomfortable experiment, "Together" unfolds with a staginess that rebuffs our involvement.

| Aug 26, 2021

"Together" isn't particularly weighty, but it possesses undeniable resonance.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 25, 2021

In all too many ways, it's a predictable, tiring wade as both a domestic tale and a pandemic yarn.

| Aug 24, 2021

Both McAvoy and Horgan handle the rapid-fire dialogue with gusto, and for a while, their devastating banter is amusing. But eventually the effect begins to wear thin...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 23, 2021

I spent too much of Together wondering what I had done to deserve this treatment, and looking for an exit sign that might direct me safely back to the other side of that fourth wall.

| Aug 23, 2021

Together's dramaturgy perfectly, if unintentionally, underscores the suffocating nature of pandemic living.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 23, 2021

When Together is good, you cannot take your eyes off it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 23, 2021